At work as I walk in the kitchen to make a cup
of tea, a full table of freshly baked goods shines in front of my eyes.
‘OMG, what’s this all about?’
In the
middle of the table there’s a box piling up with Euros, the letter
board says: ‘Charity baking for the Philippines, Help yourself and
donate’.
One of
my colleagues says: ‘Where there’s chocolate, there’s Ana!’
‘Hey,
What?!’ I slap him in the arm but I guess that’s my reputation, can’t argue about
that.
Someone
made banoffee pie, ohhhhhhhh my favourite treat, I am drooling! Thankfully one
of the ladies baked Guinness bread which is deliciously fresh, the very best I
have ever tried.
Coffee
breaks are seriously painful through the day as I see the treats slowly
disappearing from the table at each cup I make; but once again I resist and
stick to the luscious bread that someone needs to give me the recipe.
The key
to overcome cravings is in getting past the need for instant gratification. As
we all know but somehow tend to disregard, it is about mind over matter
(assuming you are getting all the nutrients needed on a daily basis in your
regular diet, as cravings can also reveal a lack of nutrients).
Let’s
understand that artificial sweeteners and added sugars (not referring
to the natural occurring sugars from fruits), were never part of
the food pyramid, we tend to forget about that in today’s sweetened world;
use it as an exceptional treat in special occasions but be aware of consuming
it on a daily basis. “The less there is to justify a traditional custom, the
harder it is to get rid of it’(1).
Mark
Twain not only wrote two of the most famous adventures books ‘Adventures of Tom
Sawyer (1) (1876)’ and its sequel, ‘Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’ but he also
left relevant notes on medicine which were published by K. Patrick Ober.
"The power which a man's imagination has over his body to heal it or
make it sick is a force which none of us is born without. The first man had it;
the last one will possess it."
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