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Your control over cravings can make or break your weight loss success and maintenance. These links provide information on how to fight cravings and win.

Craving Clues
Wondering why your hubby craves steak when all you want is a candy bar? Research says there's a deep-seated reason behind that. Plus, find out more about why mood matters when it comes to cravings.

Conquer Cravings!
Did you know how you manage and respond to your food cravings could make or break your weight loss success? Find out how to fight cravings and win! From your About Guide.

10 Tips for Managing Food Cravings
This article contends that giving up your control and giving in to food cravings will keep your cravings going, or even make them stronger. Adopt the 10 tips suggested here to change your habits.

Augusta Chronicle: Are Cravings a Sign of Bigger Needs?
This Q&A from The Augusta Chronicle answers the age old question: to give in or not to give in?

Fight Late Night Food Cravings
An iVillage visitor wonders, "Is there any way to stop cravings?" Jonny Bowden offers suggestions as to why certain foods are craved and what to do about them.

Food Cravings Don't Result in Overeating for Most Women
Doctor's Guide says women who give in to cravings do not neccesarily overeat. Includes Mayo Clinic Healthsource suggestions on feeding cravings without guilt.

Food Cravings
Doreen Virtue, PhD, explains the emotional and mental issues behind food cravings and suggests behavior modification techniques to deal with them.

InteliHealth: Good News About Cravings
Thrive Online reports cravings alert you that your body needs certain nutrients and suggests the emotional and physical benefits of giving into the cravings.

Nutrition news Focus: Cravings Myth
The folks at Nutrition News Focus don't agree that cravings are a sign of something you need; they say that cravings are simply our desires for foods that are pleasurable to eat.

Taming Your Cravings
This article suggests that giving into cravings isn't necessarily a bad thing, so long as you do not overeat on a regular basis, have poor nutrition or weight problems.

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