 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
A healthy appetite is one that tells you what you need
and when you have had enough. It is not a polite term
for pigging out. When you eat what you need, you
won't overeat. When you don't eat what you need, you
stay hungry, no matter how much stuff you eat.
The kicker is distinguishing appetite from addiction.
Not a joke, food addiction has been clinically
recognized - refined sugar as strong as nicotine and
cocaine, and is added in some form to almost all
packaged foods, from toddler food to salt. The good
news is when you get the junk out of your system, the
cravings for Flavored Packing Material changes to a
Real Appetite for Real Food.
When your appetite gets screwed up, so does your
metabolism. What screws 'em up is dieting that has
you at odds with feeling hungry, tells you when you can
and can't eat by an external clock and chart, not by
your own inner clock. Diet suppressants also do short
term weight loss with a long term backfire.
How to fix it:
First thing, drink plenty of plain water. This is not to
play games with hunger, but to tune up your sense of
thirst, and separate it from appetite for food. When
you drink say, diet sodas to feel full, it can stimulate
your appetite. (The sweet taste makes your body
expect some fast fuel. When it doesn't find it, it will
demand it.) When you feel thirsty and drink stuff with
diuretics, they can raise your need for water, not meet
it. Your body may send out the hunger message just to
try to get food with water content.
Pay attention and eat as soon as you feel hungry,
when you can still make a smart choice. When you
fight your own body's messages, like going around
hungry, it will backfire and you will find yourself stuffing
yourself with anything around. When you need to feel
stuffed, get there with Produce, not Products. Feeling
stuffed once in a while is okay, it gives you a sense of
wellbeing, and that it is safe to raise the metabolism
and burn some stored fat.
see Real Food, Metabolism