If you're addicted to sugar and sweets, chances are that the concept of moderation just doesn't compute for you. For you, the word moderation might as well be in Bengalese. Others can have ''just a taste'' and be satisfied. For you, ''just a taste'' primes a series of events leading to cravings and obsessions. Chocolate chip cookies in moderation? Maybe for some people. Not for you.

If you're one of the many people who have sub-clinical allergies or hypersensitivities to wheat (far more common than you might think), then cutting back your intake is not going to demonstrate to you how good you could feel if you cut it out. Same with milk and milk products. I know it's not fair, but it's the way it is. You don't really get to see what's going on unless you eliminate the offending food, at least for a while. And paradoxically, if you eliminate the food for a while, you may find that after some time passes you can re-introduce it ... in moderation!

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