While vegetables are usually more difficult to “get wrong,” carbohydrates and fats, on the other hand, often present a problem.
It isn’t your fault.
We are designed to seek out food that provides a large amount of energy (Calories), while trying to conserve as much energy as possible.
Traditionally, we needed to work for our food. Now we have access to calorically dense food at every corner and because our brains are wired this way the combination of carbohydrates and fats is nearly impossible to deny.
Knowing why foods such as chips, desserts, french fries and crackers are so tempting and delicious is helpful.
We still want them, but this is where keeping them away and filling your home with more whole food carbohydrates and fats, instead, is key. For example, doing a kitchen clean out and swap.
Easy to digest carbohydrates such as: