Humans have evolved to love sweet foods. In the past, sweet food was full of energy and unlikely to be poisonous. These days, food manufacturers add sugar to many of their products, so the addition of sweets to a person's diet may have a detrimental effect on his or her health. Read on to learn how to give up sweets.
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Choose the right time. Scientists have found that eating sweets helps people deal with physical and emotional stress. If you are in a stressful period of your life, you won't be successful in giving up sweets.
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Identify your habits. Figure out when you eat sweets and plan ahead to eat something else. For example, if you always have something sweet for breakfast, buy eggs and bacon to eat instead. If you always eat sweets in front of the television, try eating popcorn or give up television for a few weeks.
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Avoid artificial sweeteners. While there is no scientific evidence that artificial sweeteners cause health problems, your goal is to learn to enjoy foods that aren't sweetened at all.
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Put away the sugar. Learn to drink coffee and tea without sugar and don't add sugar to unsweetened cereals. Also put away the honey, syrup and jam and learn to do without them.
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Eat fresh fruit. Studies show that people who love sweets also tend to love fruit. Buy the ripest fruit you can find at the local farmer's market instead of buying fruit at the supermarket. At first, fresh fruit won't seem very sweet, but if this is the only sweet food you allow yourself, this will change.
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