Managing fruit cravings

I find myself many times confusing thirst for hunger. When I develop a food craving these days, the first thing I try to do is take a drink.

If the craving remains, a trick that I’ve used successfully with fruit is to reduce the quantity significantly, and then bury it in cream (unsweetened whipped cream works particularly well with berries). My wife jokes that I’m having a little fruit with my cream. The thing is, though, that it’s much easier to eat a huge bowl of fruit than it is to eat a huge bowl of cream; the cream works to activate satiety, where the fruit does the reverse. At least for me. The added fat also reduces the overall GI, which in turn helps minimize blood sugar swings.