5 Tips for Resisting Sweets During the Holidays

Chocolate, cupcakes, candy canes and endless sweets are a delicious part of holiday celebrations yet aren t the best way to keep weight down and avoid cavities. Marketing of holiday treats and sweets goes into overdrive at the end of the year, and the madness only continues into January when advertisers start tempting buyers with giant chocolate hearts and Valentine s Day candy. The Body Makes Resistance Difficult Scientific data suggests avoiding sweets is difficult because of a particular chemical in the brain that is released after eating foods like chocolate as well as other sugary holiday treats. The hormones serotonin and dopamine are released by the brain after eating sugary treats, so after a person eats just one chocolate the brain will create an anticipatory response designed to make it almost impossible to resist more candy. Interestingly, sweets that cause these chemical reactions in the brain use the same hormones to create happiness and satisfaction that illegal drugs li

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