Foods that increase hunger
Have you just recently eaten, but you feel like snacking again? Perhaps foods that tend to aggravate hunger are to blame.
Sour and spicy foods
Apples, lemons, oranges, pickles, sauerkraut - all these products are useful, but irritate the gastric mucosa, thereby increasing the production of gastric juice. Therefore, after them want to eat with doubled force. Snacks are best consumed shortly before the main meal, and fruit - an hour after.
Spices and sauces
Pepper, salt, mustard, horseradish, dill, basil, various spices - they all affect the appetite, increasing it. So keep in moderation with these ingredients if you do not want to overeat. This also includes the popular food additive, monosodium glutamate. It is believed that it can increase a person's appetite by up to 40%. As a result, we are willing to eat more food than we normally would.
Sweets and candy bars
A candy bar or a candy bar will certainly help with hunger and satiety will come quickly, but it will not last long, as blood glucose levels will rise sharply, but they will also fall just as quickly. Soon we will feel hungry again and want something else tasty. It is best to use natural bars containing dried fruits, nuts, oat flakes as a healthy snack.
Fruit juices
They speed up metabolism, which means that after them you will soon want to eat again. In addition, they contain glucose, which raises blood sugar levels. The same applies to industrial juices - they usually contain a lot of added sugar. Therefore, it is better to avoid buying juices altogether, and it makes sense to dilute freshly squeezed juices with water.
Flour products
Top-grade flour is cleaned of almost all useful nutrients, and all it gives our body is simple carbohydrates and empty calories. Therefore, it is better to give up baked goods made from wheat flour, as well as pasta made from extra virgin flour. Give preference to pasta made of durum wheat and eat it with vegetables - zucchini, tomatoes, sweet peppers, as well as with a complete protein, such as chicken meat.
