You know what it’s like. You’ve had a bad day, maybe you didn’t sleep so well and you’re tired, or perhaps you just feel like a ‘treat’ - just this once. The trouble is, chronic snacking isn’t ‘just the once’. In fact, the more you snack, the more you want to snack. Yes, that’s right. Having that high fat, high carb snack doesn’t even do what it’s supposed to do – that is, stop you feeling hungry!
Put that pie down - it will make you hungrier!
According to a study, routinely indulging in a rich fatty snack such as a slice of pie or a milkshake - may open the floodgates and unleash your appetite. Indulging in a calorie-loaded treat may make you hungrier later on than if you’d just eaten an apple. First, you get the sugar release, then the insulin dip, and pretty soon you are looking round for more energy, which means… yes, another fat inducing snack!
Stop snacking, you fat rats!
One study, published in the Journal of Nutrition, had lab rats fed either a high-fat or low-fat diet for three weeks. When they were given the chance to eat a fatty snack, the animals that were fed the high-fat diet ate 40 percent more of the treat! So why does this happen?
The researchers concluded that the culprit is a hormone known as cholecystokinin (CCK). This chemical messenger generally hangs out in the small intestine and is released when fat or protein enters the system. Its main message - stop eating! - is relayed to the brain through nerves in the abdomen.
But rats that load up on fat don’t seem to get the message. And the researches think the same is true of humans. A diet packed with butter, vegetable oils and fatty meat may result in decreased sensitivity to CCK. That is, the message to stop eating may not reach the brain. Snacking on these types of food can leave you feeling hungry more!
Also research from the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom showed that people who eat high-fat diets are increasingly less satisfied with what they eat. They report feeling less full and want to eat more. So snacking on the wrong things doesn’t even do what is supposed to do.
Eat lean protein for slimness and health
If your diet is high in fat, there are many ways to put it right and reap the rewards. Contrary to fad diets, you don’t need to cut out all the carbohydrates. In fact, your body, especially your brain, needs carbs to function. The trick is to eat complex carbs (like pasta and rice, broccoli, chickpeas) combined with lean protein.
Instead of shunning carbohydrates you can increase your lean protein intake to help dampen your appetite. A study conducted at the University of Washington found that boosting the amount of protein in your diet could help you lose weight by tamping down on hunger. These researchers suggest that eating low-fat dairy products, beans, fish and lean meat and chicken will help you feel naturally full.
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Hypnosis is used to get people comfortably of the blood sugar rollercoaster and feeling good about making good eating choices between meals in future.
It’s great to know that just small changes - easily achievable with hypnosis - can make a fantastic difference.
All the best
Mark
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