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Chocolate &/or sugar cravings Stage IV Pancreatic AdenenoCA
Pancreatic Cancer | Last Active: Aug 25, 2023 | Replies (16)Comment receiving replies
So glad you posted, because my cravings for sugar have returned (for three years before my diagnosis, I ate a low-sugar, few-lab-chemicals diet -- a big deal for me, because I'd had mostly unhealthful habits before then).
I've found that eating about an ounce of cheese or an ounce of nuts stops the craving for sugar -- but that if I give in and eat something sugary, then I want more sugar. Fat + protein seems to calm the cravings.
Also: A little dark chocolate (about 1/4 ounce) satisfies me, whereas milk chocolate makes me want more and more and more. Because I'm on a tight budget, I eat Ghirardelli 60% baking chips -- more expensive than Hershey or Nestle baking chips, but tastier, and cheaper per pound than dark-chocolate candies from Dove or Hershey. And so easy to count out a few chips for that 1/4 ounce!
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Thanks jk77 for sharing your experience.
I haven't yet had the chance to try Fat + Protein combination, other than to eat more of what my husband keeps on hand for me (organic white meat chicken chunks or line-and-pole caught tuna) and California Olive Ranch Extra Virgin Olive Oil.
Regarding chocolate, I have tried various brands of dark chocolate (as high as 95% cacao) and find that rather than satisfying the craving, they just make me want more. Even switching to organic only doesn't seem to have helped.
My experience with nuts has been up and down. Again, hubby was shopping mainly for "raw" nuts, not realizing my conviction that I also need to eat food that has never had glyphosate applied. I've been reading that even so-called organic produce may have glyphosate applied somewhere along the production line, like drying.