YoNaturals tips on how to eat well by John Schell. While a spoon full of sugar might not be the healthiest medicine, a handful of nuts might be just what the doctor ordered. One of the easiest ways to feel full and regulate your food intake is by grabbing a quick snack in anticipation of a full meal. By curbing your appetite before you sit down to the table, you can find a better nutritional balance in every meal.
Healthy eating is a delicate balance of eating what you want to eat and
what you should eat. All too often when we sit down in front of
something that we want to eat we are compelled to stuff our faces
because we weren’t fulfilled by what we were supposed to eat.
Fortunately the two can be the same thing. By finding a snack food, like
dried fruit or nuts, that you like to eat, you can enjoy the meals that
you want to eat without feeling ravaged by hunger. Eating more can help
us eat less.
The nut trick works because of a chemical called CCK, which is released
by the intestines after digesting a meal. CCK, along with other hormones
like ghrelin, tells the hunger center in your brain that you’ve been
satisfied, which is why you feel full. The problem with the chemical
delivery system is that it doesn’t kick in until twenty minutes after
you’ve started eating; and in twenty minutes it’s easy to eat more than
you needed.
Nuts are concentrated calories. But that’s a good thing. Your body won’t
tell you that you’re getting full until after it has ingested 65
calories. A small handful of nuts contains around 70 calories, so that
handful is the perfect amount of food to kick-start the CCK in the
intestines.
It’s easy: snacks aren’t just for the middle of the day to keep you
going until dinner. The principle is to stay ahead of the hormonal
system that controls your hunger. About twenty minutes before a meal,
grab a “Sensible Foods” blend or a “Stretch Island” fruit leather, each
of which has around 70 calories per serving. Now when you sit down to
eat you won’t be filling your face because you feel like you’re
starving. Your stomach will have slowed down and you will be able to
enjoy your meal.
The trade off is simple. 70 calories of healthy YoNaturals products before dinner could easily save you from eating a couple hundred extra calories of
Chicken Alfredo. Control your hunger so that your hunger doesn’t control
you.
