Health Tips: Food cravings can harm health, try these easy tricks to reset it.

We all have food cravings often. Sometimes we feel like eating something sweet and sometimes we eat something spicy. When these cravings occur, we are unable to stop ourselves. Suddenly I feel like wanting chocolate right now, right now! In such a situation, we often start searching our fridge or go out to eat our favorite food. It is possible that you too are troubled by your taste buds and food cravings and this is continuously causing harm to your health.

However, in such a situation you do not need to worry at all. If you want, you can easily reset your food cravings. You just need to change your mindset and adopt some small habits. When you do this, cravings will not overpower you. So, today in this article we are telling you about some such easy methods, by adopting which you can easily reset food cravings-

If you are having food cravings, then before eating anything, drink a full glass of water and then wait for 10 minutes. Many times your cravings go away automatically. This happens because sometimes the brain mistakes the body’s thirst for hunger. Drinking water hydrates the body, reduces the feeling of false hunger and helps you avoid unnecessary snacking.

Often people do not get enough sleep and this also increases their food cravings. Actually, getting less sleep increases ghrelin hormone and decreases leptin hormone. This imbalance increases the cravings for junk food, especially the cravings for carbs and sweets increase manifold. Therefore, make sure to take 7-8 hours of sleep daily.

If you want to avoid unnecessary food cravings, then eating mindfully is definitely a good idea. You should always eat slowly and without any distraction. Actually, when you do mindful eating, your brain understands that your stomach is full. By eating too quickly, these signals get confused and later one feels like eating something again, even if the stomach is full.

– Mithali Jain