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Last month I opened the infamous "can of worms" as I began the first of this two-part series regarding food, mindset, guilt and restriction.

In September, we discussed the necessity of how mindset plays a primary role in how guilty we feel in our relationships to food. This month we'll consider the issue of the restriction mindset and how we can eat and live without depriving ourselves of delicious foods that nourish and satisfy.

It is important to realize what's causing us to want to restrict our diets. There's a host of potential reasons: feelings of guilt about imperfect eating, disapp...