Retrain Your Palate
Nutrition · Intermediate
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Eliminate added sugar and sweeteners from your drinks until real fruit tastes sweet again.
Micro-habits to get started
Small actions of a few minutes to start this habit:
Half-sweet coffee
Cut the sugar or sweetener in your morning coffee in half for a week, then drop it completely.
The first few days will taste bitter; soon flavours hidden by sugar begin to emerge.
1 minFlavored plain yogurt
Switch to unsweetened plain yogurt and flavor it with cinnamon, vanilla, or chopped fruit.
Aroma is perceived partly as sweetness without adding any sugar.
3 minThe apple test
On day ten, eat an apple while paying close attention to how much sweetness you can taste.
Artificial sweeteners defeat the purpose here: they keep your palate conditioned to intense sweetness.
5 min