Question 1

how can i stop my food craving?

Accepted Answer

Crave better foods: A few suggestions

find healthier foods to crave. Eat more of those.

Find an activity you can do to replace that time you would spend eating

stop buying foods your crave. If it's not in the house, then you can't have it. 

Start looking at bad foods like its poison. 

Good luck!

Question 2

why do we have cravings for spicy n savoury food.

Accepted Answer

Not true: That's not everybody by a long shot.  That's you.  It's a psychological and cultural thing. Nothing wrong with it.

Question 3

are there any specific foods that will keep me from craving sweets like twinkies?

Accepted Answer

No: You need to exercise your own self-control and consciously think of eating healthy things.  Frankly, there is absolutely no reason to ever eat a twinkie - it has absolutely no nutrition.  Read the packaging - it is all chemicals. As for sweets in general, healthier sweets like fruit, raisins, or even rare consumption of crackers and some cookies may be ok.  Always keep in mind the risk of diabetes.

Question 4

why are my food cravings so strong?

Accepted Answer

We sometimes crave: foods which we are actually allergic to.  Do an experiment.  Don't eat the top food you crave for a week and see if you are more relaxed, think clearer, etc.  Peace and good health.

Question 5

how can i stop evening food cravings?

Accepted Answer

Psychology: Understand the reasons you eat in the evenings. Often people do not eat all day at work and then when home and relaxed and "safe" find they  are hungry and hungry for carbs that increase our dopamine. Eat three meals a day, eat regularly, recognize why you do this, get outside in the evening and find ways to relax.

Question 6

how can we satisfy sudden food cravings?

Accepted Answer

Craving: Don't let yourself to the point where your feel staved.

Question 7

how can i beat late night food cravings?

Accepted Answer

Try drinking a glass: Of water before picking up food. If you are craving food - consider a light vegetable snack instead.

Question 8

how to satisfy my unhealthy food cravings?

Accepted Answer

One way of going: is to get tested for food sensitivities.  We often crave the very foods that we are sensitive to.  Great Plains Laboratory in KS has such a test.  Peace and good health.

Question 9

why is it that i get sudden food cravings?

Accepted Answer

Lot of theories: None are perfect.  These stem around complicated hormonal patterns.  Other things that may be at play are classical conditioning like you may have heard related to Pavlov's dogs, stress, particular nutritional deficiencies and even physiologic addiction.

Question 10

how can you stop late night food cravings?

Accepted Answer

Binge eating tx: Modified cognitive behavioral therapy, interpersonal therapy and dialectical behavior therapy. In addition pharmacotherapy with ssris is successful in transiently reducing binge-eating and body weight; the snri duloxetine is effective for reducing binge eating, and global severity of illness with an effect on body weight; both topiramate and sibutramine seem promising(ramacciotti et al 2013).

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