Hunger: enemy or ally? How to bridle appetite

Hunger: enemy or ally? How to bridle appetite

It is impossible to eat properly? All the time there is a wish to chew something? Thoughts of food don't allow to focus on another matters? Here you will find several councils how to bridle irrepressible hunger and to turn it from the enemy of a figure into the ally.

Why it is worth responding to hunger?

Usually the feeling of hunger arises under the influence of biochemical processes - in blood the level of sugar or fatty acids decreases. If at this time to ignore an organism signal, then for some time, perhaps, is it will be ceased to want a little, but then the attack of hunger will snatch on you with a new force. In that case even the dense meal won't help - thoughts of contents of the fridge will return again and again.

And it is all about the natural protective mechanism which is guilty of all our broken diets. Therefore, почувстовав hunger, respond to it - thus it is possible to avoid overeating. However it is important not to confuse real hunger with usual desire to have a bite something tasty because of boredom or melancholy.

  • Interesting statistics: only 30% of women under the influence of a stress begin to eat and recover much, at other 70% the strong experiences, on the contrary, can lead to loss of appetite.

Than ""have a bite""?

Than precisely you shouldn't muffle strong feeling of hunger, so it sweeties. If to replace normal food with chocolate or piece of cake, the organism will begin to produce strongly insulin for digestion of the glucose which arrived with carbohydrates. However after fast rise in its level the sharp slowdown which, in turn, provokes a new attack of hunger follows. Thus, approximately in half an hour after the eaten yum-yum the appetite will remind of itself again. For satisfying of hunger it is better to give preference to the products containing slow carbohydrates (porridges, wholegrain bread and pasta, vegetables).

How to avoid ""night dozhor""?

In the morning - a diet, in the afternoon - a diet, in the evening - inevitable failure and a promise to itself to start everything anew tomorrow... Familiar picture? And fault to they are strict food restrictions which don't bring any benefit but only harm. But the good balanced nutrition during the day will save you from evening attacks on the fridge.

Evening having a snack

Getting hungry in the evenings despite everything? It isn't slept on a hungry stomach? Then try to resort to the following:

  • Make rather weak tea with a melissa, a spoon of honey and juice from a half of a lemon - such drink calms and won't do special harm to a figure.
  • There is a wish for something more significantly? Take a small portion of low-fat cottage cheese, 1/2 garlic gloves, a parsley bunch, crush all products and shake up in the blender to uniformity. Smear the turned-out cream on round rice or wholegrain small loaf - light having a snack is ready!

Author: «MirrorInfo» Dream Team


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