You’ve eaten well all day, drank plenty of water and fitted in some movement and then… the craving hits. You might feel an overwhelming urge for a salty snack, a comforting pastry, or a fizzy drink. Or perhaps it’s chocolate or fries. The problem is, the craving isn’t something you can ignore — and youContinue reading “The Psychology of Food Cravings: What Your Body’s Urges Are Trying to Tell You”
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Bittersweet: How Excessive Sugar Impacts Your Health and How to Reduce Your Intake
Let’s talk about sugar for a moment. I know it’s not good, you know it’s not good yet still we consume it in excessive amounts. To be honest, it’s hard to avoid – everywhere we go we come across tempting treats and sugary indulgences. You would have to have a lot of willpower to not succumb to the allureContinue reading “Bittersweet: How Excessive Sugar Impacts Your Health and How to Reduce Your Intake”
How to Control Your Cravings
I am sure you have all experienced that overwhelming urge to indulge in a sweet treat or devour a bag of salty crisps, from time to time – I know I have! These cravings often happen even when we are not hungry. And although there is nothing wrong with the occasional indulgence, if satisfying cravings has become aContinue reading “How to Control Your Cravings”
What is Emotional Eating?
Throughout our lives, we consciously and unconsciously connect feelings with food. Therefore, it’s so important to think about how and why we eat, rather than just what we eat. Emotional eating is when we use food to comfort ourselves or repress negative emotions. Stress-eating How many of you reach for chocolate, pastries, crisps, or aContinue reading “What is Emotional Eating?”
How to Turn overeating into Mindful Eating
Most of us eat more than we need to. If I think back to my childhood, there wasn’t the choice of food there is now. And portions were smaller. Today we have so much more fast food and convenient delivery services; supermarkets tempt us to buy more with 2-4-1 offers and reward schemes; and it’sContinue reading “How to Turn overeating into Mindful Eating”