{"id":4127,"date":"2016-01-08T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-08T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.everywomanover29.com\/blog\/?p=4127"},"modified":"2025-11-26T14:56:29","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T22:56:29","slug":"gaba-for-ending-sugar-cravings-and-anxiety-and-insomnia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.everywomanover29.com\/blog\/gaba-for-ending-sugar-cravings-and-anxiety-and-insomnia\/","title":{"rendered":"GABA for ending sugar cravings (and anxiety and insomnia)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In a recent blog post I shared some feedback from people who have tried various GABA products with success: GABA, the calming amino acid: products and results<\/a><\/p>\n

Taken orally it works to relax, calm, ease anxiety and social anxiety, quiet the mind, help with insomnia and sleeping better, reduces neck tension, removes uneasiness and worry, and gives hope (as you can read in the above blog post).<\/p>\n

What I didn\u2019t mention is that GABA can also reduce and often eliminate cravings totally.<\/p>\n

Melissa discovered this was a wonderful side-benefit (we like side-benefits vs side-effects!) when she recently added Source Naturals GABA Calm<\/a> in anticipation of holiday travel and holiday gatherings.\u00a0\u00a0 She recently posted this comment on the above blog:<\/p>\n

I\u2019m glad I saw the post about GABA on your FB page a couple weeks ago, which led me to this article. I bought Source Naturals GABA Calm and have been taking 1-3 per day for two weeks. I\u2019m glad I bought it before travelling home for Christmas \u2013 I was cool as a cucumber at the airport and was much calmer when visiting family and friends compared to last year! The true test of its efficacy will be in two weeks when the semester starts. For now, I notice a general calmness and am sleeping well.<\/p>\n

An unexpected result was that I stopped craving sweets after about a week of taking it! I didn\u2019t even realize this until I was grocery shopping and out of habit walked towards the ice cream \u2013 I stopped and realized I didn\u2019t want ice cream. So I walked toward the chocolate \u2013 same reaction. For once in my life, I was not craving sweets. I made truffles for a NYE party and only ate two. But what is really shocking is that the leftovers are still in my refrigerator two days later and I haven\u2019t touched them. I don\u2019t understand what is going on! Can this be the GABA Calm (active ingredients: magnesium, GABA, Glycine, L-Tyrosine, Taurine)? I don\u2019t think it\u2019s the small amount of magnesium because I already do magnesium oil foot baths, so I suspect it\u2019s one of the other ingredients.<\/p>\n

Thanks so much for this article on GABA and recommendations<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I love that she was calm during her travels, was much calmer when visiting family and friends compared to last year and is even sleeping better.\u00a0\u00a0 And she is clearly delighted about the lack of sugar cravings!<\/p>\n

By addressing low GABA levels we can end stress-eating<\/h2>\n

Here are my answers to her question about those sugar cravings:<\/p>\n