If you've ever gone to a Mexican restaurant, you know that the first thing you receive is a big basket of tortilla chips and a bowl or two of salsa.
If you dont' touch the tortilla chips, you can sit there quite easily as you wait for your meal. But if you eat just one, you are lost, and chances are you - and your companions - will munch on those chips until they are all gone or until your food arrives.
Why?
Well, your body craves salt. It needs it, and it craves it. And once you introduce salt into your system, it wants more. That's why, when it comes to potato chips, no one can eat "just one."
How to combat this? Well, first thing to do is not to have any potato chips at all. A better way, if you like potato chips and don't want to give them up, is to restrict yourself to just one small bowl.
How can you do this?
After you've eaten your allotted amount of chips, rinse out your mouth completely to remove the taste of salt and chips. Eat a peiece of bread - with nothing on it - to cleanse your palate totally.
This can also work for chocolate or other sweet or salty snacks. Have your alloted amount, a reasonable portion, and then just get the taste out of your mouth totally. It's easier to resist any cravings after that.
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