There may be a way to control your sweet tooth. A new study looked at how taste buds work and how they could be manipulated to decrease sugar cravings. “Other studies have shown that it’s possible to retrain the taste buds to desire less salt — decrease the amount of salt you eat for a while and then the same foods you found acceptable start to taste too salty…researchers found that the same training to reduce people’s taste for sugar might be possible…The people who lowered the amount of sugar they ate during the study consistently reported that the puddings and drinks with little sugar tasted sweeter than did the group that didn’t reduce their sugar consumption, suggesting that their taste or tolerance for sugar had changed after eating less of it.” While this study was too small to produce findings that could be considered groundbreaking, the researchers did note that it opened the possibilities for further research in taste manipulation for health purposes.