Wanna lose weight? Stock up on candy

You know what it's like ... you go through the grocery store, filling up your cart with nutritious foods and turning down most of those treats that will derail your healthy eating plan. But then it happens. You reach the check out lane, the person ahead of you is being ridiculously slow, and you're stuck ... right next to all the candy bars.

According to research published in the Journal of Consumer Research, a little temptation is good for your willpower. They concluded that having "large stocks" of treats in your home may actually help you control your eating.

That may be what their research determined, but based on my own personal experience I say a loud and indignant "yeah, right!" I'm more inclined to believe research that shows when most people are given an option, they opt for the junk.

[via Lemondrop]