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Sometimes we have an attitude that there are no healthy deserts out there. Usually what we do when we are dieting or exercising is think that all deserts. hat are healthy are not good tasting.

I remember when I first started to think I needed to do something to lose weight. I thought I would have to give up all the good tasting foods that I enjoyed. But let me tell you that there are alternatives. Like most every thing we to succeed, we must approach alternative healthy foods with a positive mental attitude.

With that in mind let's look at some of the alternatives. If you like sweets you can use milled rice to create a wonderful sweetener. It can be turned into a syrup which they call, appropriately enough: rice syrup. Rice syrup is great and great for you. You can use it on waffles or toast or mixed with yogurt. Frozen desserts made from milled rice are also perfect alternatives to ice cream. Look for them next to the Ben and Jerry's. Did you know that there is a good tasting alternative to chocolate? It is called carob. Carob is a very good tasting alternative to chocolate, and it comes in several varieties. Stevia extract is another good-for-you sweetener that many people add to their coffee.

So keep that positive mental attitude.

If you are dieting and exercising you can find all kinds of healthy good tasting deserts. Grocery isles are packed with them. Best of all visit a Health Food Store and you will be amazed.

When you realize there are healthy alternatives then you must condition yourself mentally to try some of them. You will be surprised at how well you can adapt to eating healthy food that will make you look good, feel good and also cause you to live a more robust active life.

You can get all those good feelings from alternative deserts just like you now get them from what many refer to as "that poison"--sugar. It is just a matter of making good decisions for your life. With the right attitude you will soon wonder why you did not try alternatives before.