Sweet craving: Why do you want to eat sweets immediately after a meal? Find out what is the reason

Sweet craving: Everyone has a habit of eating something sweet after a meal. That is why you must have seen that even in hotels you are given dessert after the meal. Do you know why this happens, today we will explain to you the science behind it

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Have you ever wondered why you crave sweets after a meal? Why does everyone crave sweets after a hearty meal? Or why the sweet stall is the last one when you go to a wedding party? Why do waiters ask you to eat dessert after a hotel meal? Do you know the reason why this happens?

If this happens to you, you are not alone. Everyone craves something sweet after a meal and this is quite normal. But very few people know about the science behind it. So let's find out the scientific reason behind craving for sweets.

It turns out that after eating a tasty meal, the cells present in the tongue stimulate the desire to eat sweets on the tongue to balance things out, besides when eating foods rich in carbohydrates and proteins makes you feel lethargic, eating sweets gives the body instant energy.

Reason-3- Eating sweets makes the mind happy. When we eat something sweet, our brain releases a chemical called dopamine, which is the happy hormone, so we often crave sweets.

Reason -2- When a person eats carbohydrate foods like bread, pasta or rice, the body breaks it down into glucose and our body produces insulin. In such a situation, when we eat a large amount of carbohydrates, our body may produce more insulin than needed, causing blood sugar to drop rapidly. In such a situation, due to low blood sugar, the craving for sweets increases which brings the blood sugar back to normal.

Reason-3- Eating sweets makes the mind happy. When we eat something sweet, our brain releases a chemical called dopamine, which is the happy hormone, so we often crave sweets.

Remedy- You can eat these things instead of sweets- Eating sweets can cause many physical harms. So, instead of high sugar sweets, you can eat things like figs, fruits, raisins.