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<blockquote data-quote="Cocosilk" data-source="post: 2168472" data-attributes="member: 501623"><p>The OP hasn't answered this but I will try. It's true that you can reduce your need for sweetness with a low carb diet. I am happy with one square of 85% dark chocolate melted in a cup of warm goat's milk now. But those of us who have had a sweet tooth most of our lives have a "relationship", or addiction if you will, with more than just the taste of something.</p><p></p><p>I know, for myself at least, that eating something sweet is part of a ritual of enjoyment of (in my mind) one of the finer pleasures in life. From all the memories of having cake and coffee with my closest friends all cosied up in a trendy cafe in my youth to finally getting that 30 mins to myself while the baby sleeps and the bigger kids are playing outside, that sweet taste in my mouth represents an escape from the harsher moments in life. A GREAT PLEASURE in other words.</p><p></p><p>And then of course I could go on to talk about the effects of a sugar hit on the brain equating to being in love or sexual pleasure, and who doesn't like pleasure??!</p><p></p><p>If you have never had a sweet tooth, consider yourself lucky. It's not an easy thing to walk away from and leave behind forever.</p><p></p><p>Sweeteners, I imagine, are a crutch and one which I have yet to try as I still allow myself the odd teaspoon of the evil white stuff when I make nut meal cakes. But the more I try to give up sweetness for good, the more tempted I am to try something like erythritol, just to see how it goes. I wonder if anyone knows whether erythritol can affect a breastfed infant...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cocosilk, post: 2168472, member: 501623"] The OP hasn't answered this but I will try. It's true that you can reduce your need for sweetness with a low carb diet. I am happy with one square of 85% dark chocolate melted in a cup of warm goat's milk now. But those of us who have had a sweet tooth most of our lives have a "relationship", or addiction if you will, with more than just the taste of something. I know, for myself at least, that eating something sweet is part of a ritual of enjoyment of (in my mind) one of the finer pleasures in life. From all the memories of having cake and coffee with my closest friends all cosied up in a trendy cafe in my youth to finally getting that 30 mins to myself while the baby sleeps and the bigger kids are playing outside, that sweet taste in my mouth represents an escape from the harsher moments in life. A GREAT PLEASURE in other words. And then of course I could go on to talk about the effects of a sugar hit on the brain equating to being in love or sexual pleasure, and who doesn't like pleasure??! If you have never had a sweet tooth, consider yourself lucky. It's not an easy thing to walk away from and leave behind forever. Sweeteners, I imagine, are a crutch and one which I have yet to try as I still allow myself the odd teaspoon of the evil white stuff when I make nut meal cakes. But the more I try to give up sweetness for good, the more tempted I am to try something like erythritol, just to see how it goes. I wonder if anyone knows whether erythritol can affect a breastfed infant... [/QUOTE]
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