probably experience headaches and feel grumpy and lethargic for a few days but after a week youll start to feel better and be amazed at how quickly your addiction fadescut down gradually set yourself reasonable targets based on halving your sugar intake each week until you have none suggests patrick if you normally have two sugars in your tea have one in the first week and half a teaspoon in the second week after six weeks youll find food you never realized tasted sweet actually does because your palate has returned to its natural state and is more sensitive to sweetnesseat a low glycemic gi diet this means swapping white pasta and rice for brown and eating whole meal breads and wholegrain cereals such as bran flakes or porridge for breakfast this will slow the speed at which sugar gets into your system keeping blood sugar and energy levels constant making you less likely to crave that instant sugar hit eating more lean meat and fish will also help because protein keeps you feeling full and stabilizes blood sugar levelseat little and often this will keep your blood sugar levels steady so you wont be hit by a sugar slump in the midmorning or afternoonkeep a food diary carefully checking the ingredients note down exactly what sugary foods you eat what time you crave them and any mood changes over the day this will help you understand what triggers your cravings and plan for how to beat them is it tiredness stress or hormones could a phone call to a friend a hot bath or listening to music help insteadbanish cravings the mineral chromium can help stabilize blood sugar levels to prevent cravings boost your levels naturally by eating plenty of broccoli cheese dried beans and chickensleep easy the more tired you are the more your body craves sugar to give you an energy boost aim to get seven to eight hours of shuteye per night and avoid burning the midnight oil at both ends dont use coffee as a pickmeup if youve had a late night as caffeine can make sugar cravings worse go for decaf drinks or fruit tea insteadare you hooked are you a slave to cakes and colas do you rely on regular sugar rushes to get through the day take this quiz to find out if youre addicted 1 do you eat high sugar foods such as sugary sweets white bread or pasta every day 2 do you feel tired and irritable in the morning and again midafternoon but find its immediately relieved when you eat something sweet 3 do you ever feel out of control when eating sweet foods and find that once you start eating its hard to stop 4 do you end up with sweets and biscuits in your shopping trolley even though you promised yourself that you wouldnt buy any 5 does eating something sweet lift your mood when youre feeling down 6 have you ever tried and failed to