The Solutions

1. Adding protein helps
Try a whole-grain bagel, eat only half, and spread a little natural (no sugar added) peanut butter on it. --iVillager

2. Go natural and whole grain
Your body still needs carbohydrates for overall nutrition. Eat whole grains -- use whole-wheat flour in your recipes instead of white flour. Complex carbs are what you should look for instead of simple or refined carbs. --iVillager

Good carbs: brown rice, wild rice, ancient grains like quinoa, millet, etc.; 100 percent whole-wheat anything (bread, cereal and so on); all veggies and fruits, including the white ones (potatoes). I prefer the sweet variety -- loaded with beta-carotene among other things. Buy your food whole and green and unprocessed. --susan

3. Go for fiber
Eat the skins on all fruit (kiwi too!) and if you must have a bagel, make it half of a pumpernickel bagel smeared with all-natural peanut butter and top it off with an apple. --susan