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Sugar spike, crash, crave: the loop and how to break it

Sugar spike, crash, crave: the loop and how to break it

A sweet on its own can spike blood glucose, dip, then call for the next sweet. Pair it with protein or fibre and the loop goes quiet. Log it in Burnie and you see your own loop in your own data.

14 Jul 2026 · Burnie Academy
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You ate a biscuit at 4 pm. An hour later, you want another. Then another. It feels like weakness. It is not. It is a loop. Spike, crash, crave. This is not the 'why you crave sugar (poor sleep, a skipped meal, plain habit) plus three swaps' explainer. That is a different article. This one is the loop itself, and the simple move that breaks it: pairing the sweet with something else.

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