According to the general principles of the Hauser Diet, all of the five Hauser Diets should try to avoid simple sugars and sweets. However, the Lion, of all of the diets, really needs to eliminate sweets and sweet foods from his/her diet. Lions are just not able to metabolize carbs well and eating them will make the Lion feel terrible. Lions also need to avoid fruit because to the Lion’s physiology, fruit acts just like sugar. So Lion desserts are definitely “outside the box.” Some suggestions would be a peanut butter and soy milk smoothie or a cup of cottage cheese with some cinnamon sprinkled on top. It might take some conditioning to be in the mood for these alternative desserts when you have a sweet tooth, but after a while, you’ll begin to enjoy the different tastes and the way being on the Hauser Diet makes you feel.