The Hunger Within.(cravings)(Brief Article)

The Hunger Within

The Soundest Bites

Like a cell phone with the ringer turned off, the body's natural hunger signals are frequently missed. To eat when hungry and stop when full, these strategies can help: * Eat early and often Aside from tuning in to possible symptoms of hunger such as headache, lack of energy, or irritability, Beverly Hills nutrition therapist Elyse Resch recommends going no more than three to five hours without food to avoid a state of ravenousness. At that point, she says, hunger will become "primal" (making overeating virtually inevitable). * HONOR CRAVINGS Rather than refraining from a desirable food, deliberately savor a reasonable portion of it. Ignoring cravings entirely tends to backfire, Resch and dietitian Evelyn Tribole note in Intuitive Eating. Women commonly eat more calories from dietetic substitutes than they would if they had initially just allowed themselves what they actually wanted. * Slow ...