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Featured: Sugar detox cuts cravings

A group of people who cut out all added sugars and artificial sweeteners for 2 weeks found that sugar cravings went away, they lost their taste for sugary foods, and that sugar-free foods tasted better.

Posted on Sun, 28 Jun 09

Is lack of sleep making you fat?

Lack of adequate, refreshing sleep is emerging as a major risk factor for chronic diseases such as overweight and obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease [1]. Increased appetite and cravings for sweet foods may be one way poor quality sleep increases disease risk. In the January 2009 edition of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition researchers found that restricting peoples sleep time from 8.5 hours to 5.5 hours a night made them hungrier, in particular for sugary snacks [2].