HEALTH HACKS FOOD
9 Easy Ways to Control Hunger Between Meals
Try these food hacks to stop the growls.
When your tummy growls, it’s your body sending you an audio follow-up message that it’s hungry — just in case you ignored the memo it sent you earlier via the gnawing, empty sensation in your stomach. If you feel hungry too often, make these changes and you will feel full longer.
1. Get Plenty of Protein
Not all foods satisfy hunger equally. Protein and healthful fats satisfy you and keep you feeling full for longer. As a bonus, eating more protein can help to prevent muscle loss if you are trying to lose weight.
What to eat: Eggs, lean meats, fish, poultry, Greek yogurt, some beans, cottage cheese, and soy-based products.
2. Eat Healthful Fats
You will be hungry a lot if you eat mostly low-fat food.
Eating healthful fats will keep you feeling full longer. This is partly because it takes longer for you to digest fat, so it stays in your stomach longer. This causes the fullness-promoting hormones to start doing their thing. Medium-chain triglycerides (MCTs) and omega-3 fatty acids raise your body’s levels of leptin, the feel-full hormone.
