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Does Snack Temptation Blow Your Healthy Diet?

Below is a great article from Yahoo news and I believe that most of us can relate to it.
I found comfort in the fact in knowing that I’m not weak when it comes to temptation - I’m normal.

The article is quite fascinating and I hope that you have the time to read it all. There is a link to the full article at the top of the article.

Enjoy - knowing that your not alone in your temptations.

clipped from news.yahoo.com

Snacks Overpower Our Best Intentions

Despite our best intentions to eat something healthy, we often choose sugary snacks.

Dutch researchers asked 585 participants to pick between four snacks: an apple, a banana, a candy bar and a molasses waffle.

About half of the participants indicated they would choose the apple or banana.

But when presented with the actual snacks a week later, 27 percent
of those who had said they’d pick a healthy one switched to the candy
bar or waffle. And more than 90 percent of those who had initially made
an unhealthy choice stuck with it.

The researchers figure that while we are in control of our intentions, our actual choices are often made impulsively, even unconsciously.

A substantial gap between healthy snack choice intentions and
actual behavior was demonstrated,” said study leader Pascalle Weijzen
of Wageningen University in the Netherlands. “Despite that gap, the
results