Managing Food Cravings

 

1. Understand Craving
2. Know body-mind connection
3. Practical strategy to regulate. 

What tells you you are hungry - your body or time?

Craving is a powerful desire to eat a specific food and is natural.

It is not a medical condition. 

PICA - Urge to eat something not in the category of food. Like chalk, soil, wood etc. 

Physical cause of cravings :

• Hormonal changes
• Pregnancy
• Sleep deprivation
• Blood sugar level
• Dehydration
• Nutrition deficiency
• Worms/Parasites

Mental causes of cravings: 

• Stress
• Emotional Eating
• Boredom

Vitamin D and B12 - deficiency cause increase in cravings. 

Understand the cause of craving and work on it. 

Fenal after food help reduce food craving and not only reduce the order of the mouth. It helps digestion also. It can be taken by people of all ages. 

Ways to regulate any craving:

• Wait for 10 minutes
• Drink plenty of water
• See if it goes by itself
• Snack smart
• Out of sight, out of mind
• Eat enough proteins
• Chew sugarless gums
• Enjoy a small portion of your craving

Intermittent fasting - easy 12 to 12 hours - 8 am to 8 pm. 

This will help avoid gastric issues, bloatting and fat.

Gradually you can increase to 14, 16 and 18 hours. 

Body types are different. Some need to have frequent small meals. They cannot do intermittent fasting. 

Probiotic meant is better to have before sunset, with meals. 

Cafene intake - reduce quantity slowly and gradually - some might get headache.