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June 22, 2009 • Healthy Eating & Nutrition, Weight Control

Boost Your Will Power

Given our toxic food culture, cultivating self-discipline on the eating front is an invaluable practice. According to an intriguing new study, keeping “some” high-risk, tempting foods in your midst is an effective means to build will power.  Investigators found that study subjects who had been previously tempted by forbidden foods exercised more self-restraint when offered these foods compared to those not previously exposed. (Journal of Consumer Research, Dec 08).  For a chart that makes healthy eating straight forward and simple, check out my Life Life! Scorecard.