36: Dessert Rules & Sweet Treat Culture

In this episode, Kayla Marie explores sweet‑treat culture and why we often use dessert as a reward. She explains how conditioning and mental restriction fuel cravings and binge behavior, and why your relationship with desserts and "sweet treats" might need reconsideration. Kayla shares practical strategies to neutralize dessert’s power, identify triggers and habits, and eat nutritiously AND deliciously without feeling restrictive. Further Reading: Studies on cravings https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7399671/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0002916522044367?via=ihub Studies on using food as a reinforcer with children https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0195666317300946 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1471015315001002?via=ihub https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S019566631830535X