An episode from The Holistic Navigator. This is not to diagnosis or treat any disease/illness. Consult your physician before taking supplements or medications OR before you stop taking medications. This is for entertainment/informational purposes only!
There’s plenty of reasons why many of us over eat, but much of it comes down to the foods we crave. There’s an addictive quality to food whether we want to admit or not and saying no to unhealthy snacks and meals can prove extremely difficult.
On this week’s episode Ed addresses why we crave particular foods and gives a few easy to implement tips to help reduce those cravings. There’s always a fair amount of self-control that needs to happen when trying to change our eating habits, but these small steps can make that journey much easier.
Some Topics We Discuss: Why is food addictive? (3:30) How does sugar consumption affect our brain? (4:45) What are Ed’s 5 tips to reduce food cravings? (11:43) What is intermittent fasting? (22:15 How to do cheat meals without falling back into your old ways? (28:04)
Some Key Takeaways from this Episode: We have to define hunger pain or is it an addiction that is clicking in your brain? (3:28) Self discipline is not the answer to removing food addictions. It’s changing your blood’s chemistry. (7:24) The most common reasons in blood chemistry why people suffer from food additions are issues and imbalances involving insulin, glucose, your adrenals and the weakness of a hormone called leptin. (10:11) Stop eating breakfast, and start drinking it. (15:41)
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