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Woman eating cake - Top 10 guilt-free treats
By Catherine Hollyman
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Are you one of, well, any number of women who suffer from a sweet tooth? No matter how hard you try, you just have to have that sugar or chocolate fix? Why not devour these more innocent alternatives to help satisfy that moment on the lips, and reduce the \'lifetime on the hips\' sentence to just a few trips to gym...
Dark chocolate vs milk chocolate
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Dark chocolate vs milk chocolate
Dark chocolate is a more unadulterated product of the cocoa bean and contains much less dairy than milk chocolate and white chocolate, as well as anti-oxidants. So to satisfy your choccie craving, break off a square or two of the dark stuff instead...great dunked in a cup of tea!
Sorbet vs ice cream
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Sorbet vs ice cream
According to weight loss coach Andrew Cate, a sweet tooth in fact a ‘fat tooth\'. The ‘sweet tooth\' label describes cravings for chocolates, cakes, biscuits, pastries, ice cream and desserts... all of which are sweet, sure, but more importantly they\'re high in fat. Sorbet, while sweet, is much lower in kilojoules than ice cream and can be more refreshing too. Sex it up a bit with some berries, some chilled dark chocolate or even a tiny drizzle of a liquor over the top.
Popcorn
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Popcorn
Going to the cinema or vegging out in front of the TV and want something on hand to pick at? Don\'t go for the ‘movie style\' toffee popcorn - buy a bag of air popped corn, stick it in the microwave and sprinkle it with cinnamon sugar instead.
Italian strawberries vs strawberries & cream
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Italian strawberries vs strawberries & cream
A great alternative to the Wimbledon favourite. Swap the cream - yes, that\'s all varieties: whipped, single, double, squirty - for balsamic vinegar. If you\'re desperate for the additional sweetness then sprinkle a few grains of sugar, but the combination of the balsamic vinegar and the strawberries should emphasise their natural sweetness.
Cookies n Cream
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Cookies n Cream
We all love a tub of Häagen Dazs Cookies n Cream but with 17 grams of fat per half tub (102g) and 21grams of sugar, we\'re certainly looking at several sessions in the gym to burn it off. Equally as tasty, but much less of a sentence on the hips, is a scoop of Weight Watchers vanilla ice cream with a Weight Watchers cookie or a digestive crumbled over it. As a variation of Jamie Oliver\'s Maltesers crumbled and sprinkled over vanilla ice cream, try Weight Watchers vanilla ice cream and cookies (Weight Watchers cookies are 35-50% less fat than standard cookies of the same variety). Let the ice cream melt slightly. Smash up the biscuit or cookie and mix it in with the ice cream. Pop back in the freezer for it to solidify and yum!
Apple pie vs homemade apple crumble
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Apple pie vs homemade apple crumble
It\'s the ‘pie\' not the ‘apple\' part that\'s bad, so let\'s just get rid of it. Use stewing or baking apples with a pinch of sugar as per normal, but instead of the crusty base and casing, make a rolled oats topping. Much healthier and the added fibre is a extra benefit.
Magnum vs Calippo
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Magnum vs Calippo
Summer\'s coming, almost, and as the sun beats down on us we tend to head to the freezer aisle. Next time, opt for a Calippo or another iced water and fruit juice-based ice lolly instead. Much less fat and less sugar too. Be even more saint-like and choose a Calippo mini.
Meringue
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Meringue
Meringue is another of those high in sweetness, low-in-kilojoule-beauties that we love. So choose a meringue nest - or better still homemade meringue - and pile it with and low fat natural yogurt. Be careful though; don\'t fall into the trap of thinking that a lemon meringue pie is low in kilojoules and provides you with one of the recommended five portions of fruit a day!
Nuts vs crisps
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Nuts vs crisps
Every time you open that packet of crisps - even the low fat varieties - just think about where they\'ve come from... straight out of the deep fryer. If your common sense and your cravings are clashing and the cravings keep winning, then just get a bit of baking paper, tracing paper or a paper towel and put the crisps you\'re tempted to eat on there. As the grease seeps from the crisps into the paper, you\'ll soon be put off. Much better to opt for a small handful of unsalted mixed nuts as they provide you with protein, nutrients and minerals, not grease.
Cheesecake vs homemade cheesecake
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Cheesecake vs homemade cheesecake
Instead of buying cheesecake from the supermarket, make your own using digestive biscuits, low fat cream cheese, low fat cottage cheese and low fat plain yogurt, or low fat ricotta. Make sure you pile the fruit on the top for sweetness and goodness.
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