Regarding weight control, I've found that balancing carbs, fat, and protein (per, for example, The Schwarzbein Principle and The South Beach Diet) really works. For years I'd followed a low-fat, high-carb diet, including lots of fruits and yogurt. While this, along with exercise, did help control my weight, as the years passed (and hormones changed) I found I had to work harder and harder to avoid getting fat, especially around the waist. I also found myself craving carbs, and though I mostly avoided sugar, I'd binge on things like fruit and yogurt and rice cakes--healthy foods, but I ate enormous quantities. Over the last year or so, however, I began learning that excessive carbs, not fat, cause weight gain as well as cravings, low energy, and depression--all symptoms I'd been struggling with. Cautiously I began cutting back on fruit and other simple carbs and adding more healthy fats and protein to my diet. And I'm finding that, sure enough, the cravings are abating, I have more energy and less depression, and my weight is much easier to control.

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