Eating Too Much Sugar? 8 Ways to Curb a Sweet Tooth

If cookies, cakes and other treats constantly call your name, calm your cravings with these strategies (9 Photos)

Arricca Elin SanSone on Jun 26, 2012 at 3:57PM

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Eating Too Much Sugar? 8 Ways to Curb a Sweet Tooth

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Don't Exclude Sweets


You don’t have to eliminate sweets completely from a healthy diet. In fact, that attitude may backfire. “What often happens when you exclude anything from your diet is that you end up bingeing in a weak moment, then you just feel guilty”,” says Melinda Johnson, R.D., spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
 

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