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Actress Eva Longoria told People that when it comes to food vices, dessert is no stand-in for Mexican.

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Actress Eva Longoria told People that when it comes to food vices, dessert is no stand-in for Mexican.

"Anytime there is Mexican food around, you can bet I'll be eating it. I'm not a chocolate person and I'm not into sweets. I'm a meal [person]."

Longoria loves the cuisine so much that she took it to the next level and opened Beso, a Latin steakhouse, in LA a couple of years back, and she's opening a second location of the restaurant in Las Vegas this weekend.

When it comes to food vices, I'm with Longoria in craving savory meals over dessert — my biggest vice being a juicy burger! Even though I give into cravings sometimes, I make a lighter version whenever I can.

Tell me . . . what's your absolute food vice?

Interpreting Your Personality Through Food Cravings

Food cravings often have a life of their own.

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Food cravings often have a life of their own. I have a friend who once braved a rainstorm because she had to have a bag of salty potato chips. I thought she was crazy, but it seems that food cravings may have specific reasoning behind them, and may tell us something about who we are.

Alan R. Hirsch, M.D., head of the Smell & Taste Treatment and Research Foundation in Chicago and the author of "What Flavor Is Your Personality?" has spent a career try to understand what our cravings say about us. After studying the food choices and cravings of almost 20,000 people for the last 25 years, Hirsch has found some consistent generalizations of what our cravings say about our personalities.

To find out if your craving means you're a loner or the life of the party, read more

Winter and Carb Cravings

If you crave carbs during the short days of Winter, you are not alone.

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If you crave carbs during the short days of Winter, you are not alone. There seem to be a couple of physiological factors involved. Since there is less sunlight, due to shorter days, our bodies make less vitamin D (aka the sunshine vitamin). It helps keep your mood nice and sunny since it naturally boosts serotonin levels. Serotonin is the feel-good brain chemical that modulates mood, emotion, and sleep. Carbs provide a serotonin rush, so eating all that bread and pasta is a means of self-medicating with food sources. Exercise also creates serotonin, so don't skimp out on your workouts. You need them during these long nights of Winter to keep your spirits up!

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Five Food-Craving Killers

Sometimes I get fixated on a food craving, and it's all I can think about.

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Sometimes I get fixated on a food craving, and it's all I can think about. But a few hours later, my fixation feels silly. Most times, you can avoid giving into cravings by using simple strategies or healthy substitutes. Check out my slideshow for five ideas for killing food cravings.

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Which Craving Killer Do You Use Most Often?

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Diet Idea: Limit Don't Eliminate Foods

Now that Spring is almost here, many of you have your minds on bathing suit season.

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Now that Spring is almost here, many of you have your minds on bathing suit season. Summer is inevitable. If you're trying to maintain the weight you have or to lose a couple pounds, it's true that you can't stuff your face with tons of junk food. That doesn't mean, however, that you need to completely deny yourself the foods you love. Practice a little self-control and limit those not-so-healthy foods you crave, but don't ditch them altogether.

I'm not saying you should eat unhealthy food all the time, but every once in a while, you need to let yourself indulge. Having a few bites of your favorite food can help curb your craving so you don't end up obsessing about it, breaking down, and devouring an entire plate of brownies. Make the word "moderation" your mantra.

Fit's Tips: When you go out to eat, if you want to get some French fries or a brownie sundae, order a kid-sized portion, or split them with a friend.

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Food Cravings: What They Really Mean

Cravings can get the best of us.

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Cravings can get the best of us. Nothing is worse than craving a big hunk of yummy dark chocolate and then realizing it is completely unattainable (i.e., there is no dark chocolate to be found in your pantry). What about a substitute? NaturePathyWorks.com has come up with a great list of foods we crave, what the craving is really saying we need and how to get it healthfully.

If you crave this...	What you really need is...	Here are healthy foods that have it...
Chocolate	Magnesium	Raw nuts and seeds, legumes, fruits
Bread/Toast	Nitrogen	High protein foods
Oily Snacks, Fatty Foods	Calcium	Mustard and turnip greens, broccoli, kale, cheese, legumes
Chewing Ice	Iron	Meat, fish, poultry, seaweed, greens, black cherries
Cool Drinks	Manganese	Walnuts, almonds, pecans, pineapple, blueberries
Burned Foods	Carbon	Fresh fruits
Pre-menstrual cravings	Zinc	Red meats (especially organ meats), seafood, leafy vegetables, root vegetables

To see the full list, visit NaturePathyWorks.com.