7 Tips Against Hunger For Not Gaining Weight

In addition to choosing the right foods, it is important to chew them well. The feeling of fullness takes 20 minutes to reach our brain. By eating more slowly, we eat less food.

Some people suffer because they feel the constant hunger and need to satiate their appetite, or they need to eat plenty of food at each meal. It may depend on one’s age, metabolism and pace of life.

But it is true that certain foods can help our stomachs feel full without needing to eat too much!

It is important to stress that a balanced diet is generally much more filling than a diet rich in fats and sugars.

We are therefore going to give you some advice as well as a list of several satiating foods. With these tips, you will have enough to fight hunger!

Fruits and vegetables

Fruits and vegetables. especially those which are raw, help us to satisfy the hunger. We thus nourish our body with lots of vitamins and minerals, while consuming very few calories at the same time.

The combination of fiber and water is really perfect, because  we fill our stomachs very easily. And even if we can digest them quickly, they will help us solve those problematic moments when we have this need to nibble something!

A good option is to make fruit milkshakes. We can then mix several fruits and mix everything with water.

If you want to sweeten the mixture, just add stevia if the fruits are not too sweet. On the other hand, the juices are not too satiating. In fact, in most cases, they no longer contain the fiber of the fruits.

Another very healthy option is gazpacho. It is a kind of vegetable soup (tomato, pepper, cucumber…). We eat it without filtering the mixture: it will thus keep all its natural fiber!

Whole foods

Today, the majority of the flours and grains that we consume are refined. Indeed, the fibers have been removed from them. If we consume whole foods, they will be much more filling!  Not to mention that they will also bring many benefits to our body.

You can choose whole foods like rice, bread, flour for baking, etc.

Agar-agar

Agar-agar is an algae that helps us make food fat since it works like gelatin. This alga is therefore very satiating.

Indeed, its thickening function is also felt in the stomach. When it arrives in the stomach, it mixes with gastric juices, it increases their volume and thus produces the feeling of being full.

In addition, this seaweed is really purifying! It helps us eliminate toxins and also improves intestinal function: we then avoid constipation.

You can use this seaweed to make thick soups. We can also use it to prepare desserts, gelatins with fruit juices or drinks made from vegetables.

Legumes

Before, legumes were eaten very regularly. But today, they’re kind of left out, and yet they’re really great foods.

Legumes are high in protein, so they can be the main course of a meal. Accompany them with some vegetables and / or cereals. In addition, unlike animal proteins, they are rich in fiber.

Moreover, when we eat them, we immediately see that they are digested very easily!

If we tend to have bad digestions, we can cook them with a little cumin, curry or fennel. Do not mix them with too much food, or else mash them and eat them mashed.

A very old remedy

We can make a really very satiating preparation. Flaxseeds, wheat bran and psyllium (a herbal medicine that is used as a natural laxative) should be crushed and mixed in equal amounts.

We will then take one or two tablespoons of this mixture by mixing it with a glass of water. This preparation should be drunk 10 to 15 minutes before each meal. We will quickly notice that we do not need to ingest as much quantity of food!

Water against hunger

Very often hunger is confused with thirst, and other times it is just “emotional hunger”, or a need to have something in your mouth. At these times, nothing beats drinking two glasses of water!

Moreover, whenever we are hungry, we can drink water. If the hunger persists after five minutes, then we can eat something.

The water should be lukewarm. Indeed, avoid cold water, because it can cool the digestive system and in addition, the digestion of food will be much more difficult!

Chew food well

We can’t forget to tell you about the importance of chewing food well. Indeed, this tip will help you satiate your appetite.

Hunger lasts about twenty minutes when you start to eat. If you chew well, you won’t need as much food. In addition, we can do better digestion!