What to do with the urge to eat?
First find out the causes of food cravings. Before any action is recommended to investigate what causes to force us to eat well. The issue is not finding something to take away our hunger, but why we eat so much.
Very often, the anxiety about food is produced by factors such as stress or excess worry. In this case we consider whether the subject has solution and if not, you see what a change of attitude can take us .
Ideal nutrition to reduce food cravings
We must reduce stimulants such as coffee, tea, sugar, chocolate, which will only exacerbate the problem, however, drink more fluids such as fruit juices, herbal teas and relaxing Valerian, Chamomile, Melissa and especially plenty of water.
Liquids in general helps reduce hunger and often what we are is a bit dehydrated. So before eating anything first take always one or two glasses of water.
We must increase the frequency of meals to avoid reaching the red alarm point is one in which anxiety is such that food started eating compulsively. So we have breakfast, drink mid-morning, lunch at noon, tea and dinner.
Food should preferably be cooked and raw foods like salads, are not satiating and time and again to eat. That does not mean we have to remove the salads and fruit in our diet while we are anxious but should not represent much of our food.
Beware of low blood sugar or glucose
People with food cravings should take a little protein at every meal because often what is behind these ups and Hypoglycemia and low blood sugar (glucose) levels are responsible for food cravings . The proteins we have them in fish, meat, cheese, legumes, nuts, or gluten Seitan, tofu, sprouts, brewer’s yeast, spirulina algae.
Zinc trace elements by the Nickel and Cobalt Chrome ore or help calm the ravenous hunger and balancing glucose levels. Consult a specialist our particular case.
Take half an hour before each meal satiating some fiber also helps.
Do not forget to breathe
Exercise is essential in cases of anxiety about food as it helps to relieve the tensions and oxygenates thus reduces food cravings.
Practice breathing or yoga will also be beneficial.
Keep in mind that when we are more nervous or anxious always changes our breathing becomes shallow and rapid. We must be conscious of your breath and learn to control it. If we breathe in a more leisurely and thorough our state of anxiety also tends to disappear.
Believe it or not is one of the basic guidelines for the treatment of anxiety about food.
Food cravings and need for love
When someone is happy often said that you feel satisfied, full of happiness. Clearly, we must reflect on the emotions that we have to heal normally and negative aspects such as jealousy, anger, envy or the need for more and more.
At the beginning of the article we started saying we have to do a little detective ourselves and emotional level where we do a deeper analysis. Usually whenever there is anxiety about food or anything else (alcohol, drugs, destructive relationships, etc..) There is always a great lack of self esteem. Learn to love a little more, accepting as we are and appreciate our virtues is a first step to love and feel loved.
