Articles for tag: bitters, chromium, cravings

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On quitting chocolate but not sugar

I began a regular chocolate bar intake in junior high and have been trying to quit since my mid-thirties. For a long time it was the only sugar craving I experienced. I could turn down caffeine and cupcakes with no problem, for example.

Marjorie

A Hershey's Kiss is heated on a spoon with a cigarette lighter

All my cravings remembered

(Last updated June 2024.) Starting in junior high, at the latest, I had constant cravings for chocolate. For the most part, they involved a very particular combo of fat, sugar, and cacao. By the time I found workable treatments for the cravings, I had tried a million things to stop them, with little success. About ...