"I know I shouldn't eat cookies, but I just can't help myself. I'm a cookie monster!"

Sound familiar? Everyone knows that cookies (and candy, cakes, pies, ice cream, other sweets) offer suboptimal nutrition. But why are cookies so popular? Why do we eat monstrous portions that were not a part of our food intentions?

Why? Because cookies (and other sweets) taste good. Because athletes--and all people, for that matter--who get too hungry tend to crave sweets.

Most athletes believe cookies are the problem. I challenge that belief. I see cookies as being the symptom and getting too hungry as being the problem. That is, when you get too hungry, you experience a very strong drive to eat. Cookies!!!

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