true, though there's a difference between candy sugar and whole wheat sugar. eating a slice of whole wheat bread versus a lollipop will probably provide the same benefit (if not better, being more sustained) without the desire to consume more and convert the sucrose directly to fat.

(afaik. i'm kind of speaking off of intuition here.)

You might try caffeine as a replacement for sugar. Some of my reading claims that part of the effect of caffeine is from its boosting blood sugar levels.

Somewhere I read that around the beginning of last century they used to prescribe heroin to get people off morphin addiction. Sure it works, but it defeats the purpose.

Caffeine has most averse effects of sugar, plus increased rebound effect, tolerance, and addiction.

Also, if you had a sugar crave to start with, caffeine will only augment it.

I suggest first introducing high fiber foods in your diet (mainly vegetables), and start using fruit to get your sugar fixes. Fiber will help stabilize your sugar levels, taking you out of the glucose roller coaster and the insulin/glucose vicious cycle. Then it will be easier to gradually reduce your intake of sweets.

I've read Chromium supplements help with this stabilization, but I've tried it and I couldn't tell for sure.