Dieting or changing to a healthy eating style can put us on a roller coaster ride. In the morning you are high with resolve to eat sensibly today, but by lunch time you have already given in to mid morning donuts or over eat again during the meal break. It can be a cycle that is very very difficult to break.
This article outlines some helpful ideas to help break the addiction to food or certain foods by learning why we must have certain no-no foods and what to do about it.
- The article provides a link to take a Food Addiction Quiz. This quiz will asses your relationship with food and determine if you have an addiction.
- Determine which foods have been manufactured to be “hyperpalatable” and which are truly healthy foods we should be eating.
- Retrain your brain to want healthy foods by having them on hand and eating them instead of the nutrient-poor fast foods & snacks.
- Recognize which foods give you a false feeling of satisfaction in taste, but you can’t get enough. These foods can be causing you real control issues when it comes to eating.
- Know your enemy, make a list of the foods that you know aren’t healthy for you and a list a healthy substitutes that you can keep on hand.
Read the entire article to see how remembering the words, mind, mouth and muscle will help you overcome an addiction to foods.
6 Ways to Beat a Food Addiction | Marias Farm Country Kitchen.
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