Suppress Your Appetite!

Do you feel like you are always hungry, even after you have just eaten? If so, here are some helpful hints to help you eat less without trying, suppress your appetite and shed stubborn belly fat. I will also include a few facts that will help you burn more calories and take in fewer calories.

Forget lengthy diets, here is a simple way to eat less. You can reduce your calorie intake by 12 percent by eating a small 100 calorie salad before dinner each night. An example of a 100 calorie salad is 2 1/2 cups of leafy greens with fat free dressing. Researchers say that the high water content of greens makes it easy to feel full on less food. (First, 8/7/06 p. 12)

Eating a small pine nut can suppress ones appetite by 29%. Researchers have discovered how pine nuts can curb your hunger. The polyunsaturated fatty acids boost levels of two appetite suppressing hormones: cholecystokinin drops by 60 percent and GLP1 drops by 25 percent. This can cut females desire to eat by 29 percent. (First, 8/7/06 p. 20)

Shedding stubborn belly fat can be as easy as eating raspberries. Raspberries are filled with fiber (4.6 grams per half cup), a nutrient shown to slow the digestive process so you feel full longer, explains Megan McCrory, Ph. D., nutrition researcher at Bastyr University in Seattle. Raspberries also are rich in manganese, a trace mineral that helps keep your fat-burning metabolic rate high. Here is a dessert made with raspberries that can help slim your belly. In a blender, combine 1 packet raspberry flavored gelatin mix and ½ cup boiling water. Blend until gelatin is dissolved. Add ½ cup vanilla yogurt, 1 cup crushed ice and ½ cup fresh raspberries; blend until smooth. Serve in chilled dessert cups. (First, 8/7/06 p. 28)

Here are a few more helpful hints; drink water with ice because the colder the water the more calories you burn, and eat slower to allow your food to fully digest and feel fuller faster.

Good luck with getting fit and hopefully these simple food solutions will keep you on top of your goals and your healthy living plan.