Here’s a quick trick for killing a craving:

21 Monday Jan 2019

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Visualize the ingredients in it! For example, if you’re wanting to avoid sugary soda, use your imagination, and visualize 10 sugar cubes stacked in a glass. Or, if a candy bar sounds tempting, picture test tubes filled with chemicals, like the preservatives and emulsifiers you can’t pronounce on candy bar packages. According to Dr. Mehmet Oz, when we SEE what we’re actually considering consuming, we’re much less likely to want it.

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Do you have weird food cravings?

17 Friday Aug 2018

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Why do you crave weird food combos, like egg salad and grape soda? It’s probably because you loved them as a kid. According to the journal Appetite, past experiences of pairing sweet drinks with calorie-rich foods makes those pairings more tempting throughout our lives. The trick is to separate the two – and drink water with egg salad, and soda with broccoli. Your mind will break the association, and you’ll start to lose the craving and eat healthier.

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Avoid these late night delights – unless you didn’t want to sleep.

02 Tuesday Aug 2016

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Here’s a quick list of foods sleep doctors say to avoid before bedtime – otherwise, they’ll keep you wide awake all night:

•First: Obviously anything with caffeine. Like soda, coffee, and chocolate – even coffee and chocolate ice cream. Would you believe a scoop of coffee ice cream has more caffeine than a can of cola or a cup of tea? Also, caffeine can linger in your system for up to 14 hours! And can increase the number of times you wake up at night, and decrease the total amount of sleep you get.

•Another food to avoid at bedtime? French fries – or anything fried and fatty. Research shows that high-fat foods push your digestive system into overdrive. Which can keep you awake.

•Finally, avoid really spicy foods. It’s not because they cause heartburn. It’s because they increase your core body temperature – and we need our body temperature to drop to achieve quality sleep.

Have a problem with bloating, belching, and passing gas?

19 Friday Feb 2016

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Take a pass on soufflés!
Whipped foods, and foods with a bubbly or airy texture can cause all those things. So if you have a date or have to be in close quarters with someone, say no thanks to the soufflés, whipped cream, cheese puffs and soda.

Here’s how to relieve bloat!

10 Wednesday Jun 2015

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You know to avoid things like soda, sodium and broccoli if you don’t want to bloat.
But what if you’re already bloated? What then? Do this: Apply heat. Either from the inside, by sipping hot tea – or the outside, with a hot-water bottle or heating pad. The heat will relax your colon and help the gas work its way through your system. Or get some exercise. That can stimulate your GI tract and move the gas along. But maybe exercise solo – instead of at the gym.

How to choose carrot sticks over chips.

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If you’d like to increase the odds that you’ll choose healthy carrot sticks over crunchy potato chips, make your beverage water!
A study at the University of Oregon found that our brains tend to associate salty, high-calorie foods with sugary drinks. But when we drink water, we’re more likely to crave fresh fruits and vegetables.

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Here’s a quick trick for killing a craving:

Do you have weird food cravings?

Avoid these late night delights – unless you didn’t want to sleep.

Have a problem with bloating, belching, and passing gas?

Here’s how to relieve bloat!

How to choose carrot sticks over chips.