It’s no secret that maintaining a healthy body weight with regular exercise and a mindful diet can be challenging, and certain times of the year, such as the holiday season can amplify this everyday challenge. Efforts to generally stay away from sugary pastries or anything overly fattening are often thwarted by heaping piles of buttery mashed potatoes in November and buffets of Grandma’s festive cookies in December. So when you’re forced to sit down at the dinner table directly across from the rich temptations you’ve been craving all year long, what are you supposed to do? 

Curving those cravings can seem nearly impossible, but there are natural ways of keeping your sweet tooth in check, and it’s more than just practicing an insane amount of self-control or completely depriving yourself of the foods you love. For starters, Arbor Slim Full Spectrum Hemp Extract has been clinically studied to reduce cravings and help with weight loss, and like all of Arbor Hemp’s products, Arbor Slim is data supported and research approved. 

The potential of Arbor’s Slim Hemp Extract was put under the microscope during in a 90-day, randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled human study that measured a variety of physical factors, such as weight, BMI, girth, anxiety, appetite, pain, mood, etc. The subjects of the clinical trial were told they were enrolled in a general product safety study, and had no knowledge of the study’s focus on weight management. Results from the study concluded that 100% of the 125 participants taking active doses of Arbor Hemp Extract, safely and naturally reduced their appetite. Subjects reported an average hunger reduction of 61% with 40% less frequent food cravings. Keeping these cravings at bay, still without any changes to their current diet or exercise routine, each subject lost at least 5 pounds, averaging around 10 pounds of weight lost by taking 4 servings of Arbor Slim Hemp Extract per day for 90-days. 

Food cravings are believed to account for up to 11% of the variance in eating behavior and weight gain, and are positively associated with BMI. Arbor’s Hemp Extract has the potential to silence the voice in your head that begs you to buy a donut from the shop down the street for breakfast instead of enjoying the fresh fruit that’s been sitting in the fridge. Depending on your eating habits, this voice may seem nearly impossible to mute, but once you get a handle on slowly turning down the volume of your cravings, achieving your weight loss goals is much more likely. Research overall shows that even when cravings are intense, resisting them can eventually lead to fewer cravings overall. According to one 2020 research review, by reducing the calories you eat instead of eliminating certain foods completely, cravings tend to decline.

It’s hard to pinpoint one specific reason why we crave the foods that we do, but some researchers have claimed that what you crave is the result of classical conditioning, or behaviors you’ve adopted over time because they feel rewarding. An intense craving can feel a lot like a compulsion or a habit-forming experience, and the chase for a sugar rush may happen because your mind and body have been trained to crave it. For example, some researchers believe that people crave chocolate due to the release of endorphins. 

Subjects who participated in the hemp extract study managed to decrease sugar cravings, and noticed a 39% drop in their desire for sugary dessert-type items. Not only this, but your Thanksgiving turkey, stuffing and those buttery mashed potatoes might be on the chopping block as well, since the cravings for more savory foods also dropped by 39% as a result of consuming a regular daily dose of Arbor Slim Hemp Extract. 

Offered as a citrus-flavored tincture and in the form of soft gel capsules, there are a variety of ways to integrate Arbor’s clinically studied Hemp Extract into your daily routine. Arbor Slim Citrus Tincture comes in a 30ml bottle that contains a total of 1,000 milligrams (AKA 1 gram) of Hemp Extract. Since one full dropper of Arbor Slim Citrus Tincture contains 33 milligrams, at least two droppers per day equating to 66 milligrams is recommended. The dosing regimen for Arbor Slim Soft Gels is quite similar to the tincture since each capsule also contains 33 milligrams of Arbor Hemp Extract. Taking 2-4 capsules per day is what’s recommended. 

Overall, no matter if the pandemic pounds have got you down, or if you’re looking for something to help you get through the holidays without sugary distractions, we welcome you to allow Arbor Slim to help potentially silence those cravings in a natural and healthy manner.