Eat regularly spaced meals and snacks, approximately every 4 to
5 hours, to avoid feeling famished and to keep energy levels
high.
Eliminate as much sugar as possible from your diet: soda,
sweetened beverages, fruit juice, cookies, cakes, candies.
Choose as many unprocessed foods as possible. Don't worry if
you use highly processed convenience foods some of the time -- just
minimize the damage as much as you can.
Drink water between meals. If you must have flavored water,
make your own. (Even sugar-free flavored water is high in
artificial sweeteners, which will perpetuate your sweet tooth.) Add
lemon, lime or orange slices to plain seltzer water for a
refreshing taste without sugar.
Take a daily multivitamin/mineral supplement for nutrition
insurance.