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Here’s what happens to your brain when you give up sugar for Lent

By Jordan Gaines Lewis

Editor’s note: This article originally appeared on The Conversation on February 18, 2015.

Anyone who knows me also knows that I have a huge sweet tooth. I always have. My friend and fellow graduate student Andrew is equally afflicted, and living in Hershey, Pennsylvania – the “Chocolate Capital of the World” – doesn’t help either of us.

But Andrew is braver than I am. Last year, he gave up sweets for Lent. I can’t say that I’m following in his footsteps this year, but if you are abstaining from sweets for Lent this year, here’s what you can expect over the next 40 days.  Continue reading Here’s what happens to your brain when you give up sugar for Lent