You know that feeling: you’re going about your day when a sudden craving for chips, chocolate or bread hits hard. While it’s easy to chalk it up to boredom or stress, those snack attacks may be your ...

Medically reviewed by Elizabeth Barnes, RDN Key Takeaways Dehydration can cause chocolate cravings because your body needs ...

Sugar cravings after meals are common due to energy needs, blood sugar shifts, brain chemistry, habits, and taste balance. Persistent urges may indicate dietary imbalances or stress. Balanced meals ...

Two nutrition experts suggest there may be an easy way to stop sugar cravings. Simply add this one nutrient to your diet.

If you happen to be struck by a craving for a certain food, you likely react by going out and getting that food. And enjoying it, as you should. But since some cravings can be the body's way of ...

If you’re trying to give up milk and dairy or just wanting to reduce how much milk you drink, breaking the milk habit may be harder than you thought. There are several reasons for this. Here are nine ...

Craving is known to be a key factor in substance use disorders and can increase the likelihood of future drug use or relapse. Yet its neural basis — or, how the brain gives rise to craving — is not ...

Sugar is almost everywhere — added to countless products advertised on every form of media, and included in nearly every holiday and casual meal. According to a 2018 research review, craving sweets is ...

We've all been there: That moment when you just need to have a burger (or a milkshake, or a bag of potato chips) and nothing else on earth will do. But why exactly do we have food cravings? And what ...

Does a bad day at the office or a tiff with your spouse send you marching to the cookie jar or the corner bakery? Or do you find yourself at the vending machine every day precisely at 4 p.m. for some ...