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What To Do When You Are Hungry
Eat vegetables, nuts or fruit
Eat vegetables, nuts or fruit! The first thing people do when they start to feel a little bit peckish is reach for that chocolate bar, bag of chips or any other snacks that might be lying around. We could improve our health so much if during these times we filled our stomach first with fruits and vegetables that the body craves. For example, our bodies just don’t know how to handle too much sugar. The right kind of sugar in the right amount provides energy to our body. Dietary sugar from carbohydrates such as fruits, legumes, vegetables and grains is converted to glucose, released into your blood and fuels the nerve cells in the brain. However, too much sugar can be dangerous. It can affect a number of biological functions and cause a myriad of medical problems. If you consume too much dietary sugar, or foods with a high glycemic index, such as refined breads, it can increase your blood sugar and even cause your skeletal muscle cells to become resistant to insulin. And this insulin resistance is associated with type 2 diabetes. When your blood sugar level remains high for too long a time, especially if you’re diabetic, it can narrow your arteries and eventually cause you to lapse into a coma.
Your Ability To Concentrate And Remember
Many experts say that too much dietary sugar at one time can actually deprive your brain of glucose, deplete its supply of energy and affect your ability to remember, learn and concentrate. Dietary sugars – especially table sugar and high fructose corn syrup (which is found in many processed foods) – can cause weight gain and obesity. The more sugar you consume, the more fat is created and stored in fat cells. For that matter, dietary sugar, especially those from foods with a high glycemic index can actually cause your brain to feel hungry for more sugar.
Too Much Of The Wrong Kind Of Fats
Fatty Food
Fat has been given a bad rap over the years but the truth is fat is very important for the body. In fact it’s what we are made of! All of our cell membranes are made of fats and the brain largely consists of fats. The problem occurs when our diet consists largely of trans fats or hydrogenated vegetable oils. Humans have not been exposed to trans fats for very long and our bodies just don’t know how to cope with it. Those deep fried chips may taste delicious but your body will pay the price. When your cell membranes are made from trans fats, rather than being soft and flexible they harden and it becomes difficult for information to pass from one cell to the next. In other words, our bodies just don’t know how to handle the sweet and fat foods that we eat and so we end up putting on weight or with all kinds of other health problems. On the other hand the body loves the minerals and enzymes that fruits, vegetables and good fats provide. They are a rich source of nourishment and help the body to heal and cleanse itself. There will be more recipes towards the end of this guide but I consider this one so important that I will put it here. It is a cleansing vegetable soup or broth that will help your body receive the nutrients it needs without the digestive system having to work too hard. Crucial for those of us who are just starting out on a new diet. You can drink this in place of some of the foods that you are trying to cut back on.
