Love Sweets? Eat Fruits Instead!
Is this you?
- You can’t resist reaching for a toffee everytime you walk by the dreaded candy-dish corridor at work.
- You havebeen caught more than once with your hands (literally) in the cookie jar.
- Your idea of a balanced meal is equal amounts of chocolate in one hand and cake in the other.
If so, then take heart, because a new study at Cornell University, led by Brian Wansink, director of the Cornell Food and Brand Lab, shows that you are more likely to eat fruit than those who prefer salty snacks.
The researchers analyzed self-reported eating habits of more than 14,000 Americans contained in U.S. Department of Agriculture surveys and also analysed the results of a snack consumption survey of 405 individuals. While the USDA data suggested the link between sugary snacks and fruit, unfortunately, the survey of individuals showed the reverse is also true: fruit lovers eat more sweets than vegetable lovers!
Wansink said parents and public health officials could use this information to encourage the phase-in of more fruits among kids and other people with a sweet tooth.
-Via WashingtonPost
Tips to tackle the sweet tooth:
While it’s not easy to eliminate man’s dependence on sugar (you do know why we crave sugar, right?) there are ways to reduce that dependence and our key ally in this is the use of fruit (which was the reason we got into the sugar craves in the first place!). Here are some easy tips:
- Top your oatmeal or other cereals with blueberries or sliced strawberries instead of spoonfuls of sugar.
- Try bananas and berries in your milkshake instead of sugar.
- Can’t go without dessert? Experiment with sliced bananas, apples and blueberries in lowfat vanilla yogurt and top it off with your favorite nuts like almonds or walnuts. (close your eyes and you’ll almost believe it’s Haagen Dazs!)
Also try other ideas of your own. There is a two-fold advantage to this: of course, you are reducing your sugar-dependence, but more importantly you are increasing your intake of fresh fruits which are excellent sources of vitamins, minerals and fiber.
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