Pay Attention to Patterns

• While most people will support your get-healthy mission, there will be a few who try to derail your efforts.
• You should definitely tell your friends, family, coworkers and significant other what you're trying to accomplish, and actively ask them for their encouragement and cooperatio...

• We crave sugar for a variety of reasons, from hormones to habits to the psychological impact of simply seeing a decadent donut or a drizzle of caramel
• The preference for sweet-tasting foods is innate.
• That means sugar cravings are drilled into our bodies at an early age.
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The average American woman consumes 48 pounds of added sugar every year.

Eating too much sugar significantly raises your risk of life-shortening obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease.

A study found that people who exceeded the recommended daily limit of 10% of total caloric in...

Cravings are intense, urgent, or abnormal desire or longing.

However, just because you're having a craving or want something sweet doesn't mean you have to eat sugar - or even pop a sugar replacement, such as a piece of fruit - on impulse.

Buy yourself some time.

Drink a glass o...

Craving something sweet? Try:

• Sliced apples with nut butter
• Fresh berries with a handful of nuts
• Whipped ricotta with roasted cherries
• Baked cinnamon apples
• Herbal tea that has a sweet note such as vanilla

Craving something salty? Try: