You see it at nearly every restaurant. Sitting in the middle of the table, mixed in with the sugar packets. Sometimes it’s a little pink packet, other times it’s blue. The zero-calorie sweeteners. They’re tempting to use and seem like a weight loss dream—a way to satisfy your sweet tooth and stick to your weight loss plan. Not to burst your bubble, but it may be too good to be true.

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If you have diabetes and are also overweight, one of the very best things you can do for your health and your diabetes is to lose the excess weight. Doing so can greatly reduce or even completely eliminate the need for diabetes medications within just a few short weeks. However, dieting with diabetes can be tricky for a number of reasons and is not something you should try to do all on your own.

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Choosing the best foods for weight loss may seem easy, but in reality a lot of foods people think are good for weight loss really aren’t, while some weight loss foods get overlooked. Here are two of my favorite foods for weight loss and two of my least favorite foods, with some healthier alternatives suggested:

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Does losing weight and keeping it off mean forgoing sugar forever? How bad is sugar for you, really?

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One thing that I believe keeps many people from tackling their weight issues is the myth that they will have to make huge, uncomfortable, and unpleasant lifestyle changes to make it happen.

While it is true that to get different results, one does need to do things differently, those changes don’t necessarily have to be monumental ones to get results.

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A recent study by Consumer Reports National Research Center asked people if they had a healthy diet—and produced some interesting results.

Perhaps the most striking was that of the 1,234 people surveyed, a full 90 percent said they felt they ate a healthy diet. However, when questioned about what exactly their dietary habits were (if they ate breakfast and, if so, what they ate, how many fruits and vegetables they ate a day, etc), it turned out that most were, in fact, not eating a very healthy or balanced diet.

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