Instead of using willpower, make success easier by removing all tempting ultra-processed foods like cakes, sweets, and ice cream from your house.

To resist temptation when out and about, keep emergency non-perishable snacks like cans of wild salmon, nuts, and seeds in your car.

Humans are biologically hardwired to crave sugar, an evolutionary adaptation that helped our ancestors store fat for periods of food scarcity.

A 2016 study provides evidence that reducing your sugar intake changes your sense of taste, causing you to perceive the same foods as sweeter over time.

To properly retrain your taste buds away from sweetness, you should remove not only sugar but also artificial sweeteners from your diet.

To combat emotional eating, use the 'Three Fs' exercise: identify what you Feel, how food Feeds that feeling, and Find an alternative, non-food behavior.

Sugar is often a hidden ingredient in seemingly healthy, savory foods, such as pre-packaged sliced roast chicken breasts.