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how to reduce candy cravings by eating candy

31 Aug 2025 · 1 min

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A short YouTube monologue by Jim Katsoulis describing a practical technique to reduce candy cravings: deliberately embrace and mindfully eat a piece of candy (slowly, noticing flavor and texture) so you often discover it is overly sweet and less pleasurable than expected, which lowers cravings.

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How to reduce candy cravings by eating candy. No, I'm serious. This is a really powerful technique. The next time you're going to eat a piece of candy, I don't want you to fight against it. I don't want you to feel guilty about it. I want you to embrace it and enjoy it as much as possible. Eat it slowly. Eat it mindfully. Feel it on your tongue. Feel it on your teeth. Appreciate all the subtle and extreme flavors that are in this candy. A lot of times what you're going to recognize is that it is super sweet and not nearly as enjoyable as you thought it was, and that is going to help lower those cravings.