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Appetite Suppressants That Actually Work

05/06/2014 by Calleigh

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Everyone is searching for that magic bullet when it comes to weight loss, but adding an exotic ingredient to your pasta carbonara won’t miraculously melt away the fat. That said, there are certain foods and eating strategies that, when used together, can naturally help dial down your appetite. Take a look at what works—and why.
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Eat an Apple a Day
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If you do one thing to regulate your appetite, eat a high-fiber diet. Fiber-rich foods break down slowly and turn off your brain’s response to food. Plus, fiber stabilizes blood sugar levels, which determines how hungry you get.

Adding 14 extra grams of fiber to your daily menu can reduce calorie intake by 10 percent. The fiber in apples and citrus are especially effective in helping the stomach feel full. For a snack that will tide you over until dinnertime, grab some apple slices with all-natural peanut butter.


Choose the Right Carbs
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What do beans, lentils, green bananas and cold potatoes have in common? They’re rich in resistant starch, a carbohydrate that skips through the stomach undigested and gets fermented in the large intestine.

This process releases an acid that makes the body use stored fat (i.e., love handles) for fuel. What’s more, resistant starch deals a debilitating, temporary blow to the appetite, keeping you full for about an hour afterwards.

By the way, if you’re curious as to why cold potatoes are the way to go, that’s because when they’re chilled, potatoes form tight crystals of resistant starch, but if you heat them up, those crystals get broken up. Other good sources of resistant starch include yams, peas, chickpeas and barley.


Add a Splash of Vinegar
acv-1To thwart between-meal hunger pangs, add a couple of tablespoons of vinegar to a carbohydrate-rich meal. Acetic acid lowers the glycemic index of carbs, which will keep them from spiking your blood sugar levels.

This will reduce the urge to snack in between meals and prevent cravings. One study found that dieters who drank one and a half tablespoons of apple cider vinegar at their morning meal ate about 250 fewer calories.


Indulge in Dark Chocolate
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Seeking solace in comfort food? Choose dark chocolate. Dark chocolate tones down emotional food cravings because it floods the brain with endorphins, a chemical that elicits feelings of happiness and calm. In one study, women who ate or even smelled the confection reported less hunger. Eating chocolate also lowered levels of ghrelin, the hunger hormone, which boosts the mouthwatering appeal of high-calorie foods.

Just don’t use this as an excuse to go to town on dark chocolate. A one-ounce square has 170 calories and 12 grams of fat, so popping a piece every time you feel a craving can turn into hundreds of extra calories.


Pick Red Hot Chili Peppers
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Spicing up your daily diet with chili pepper can help you eat less, but it’s no panacea. Research shows that red pepper dampens the appetite in relation to how uncomfortably hot you think your food is. If you regularly eat spicy food and are immune to its fiery properties, it won’t help. It’s the burn on your tongue that makes it effective, so forget popping pills.

As for the claim that dousing your food with cayenne will magically melt away fat? Don’t count on it. The active ingredient, capsaicin, may boost the metabolism slightly, but only to the tune of 20 extra calories a day.


Bulk Up (Your Plate, That Is)
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The secret to feeling full while eating less: tricking your brain into thinking you ate a big meal. Instead of shrinking your portion sizes, eat foods that take up a lot of room on your plate but have fewer calories per bite. These are foods with a high water content, such as broth-based soups, salads, fruit and vegetables.

Eat these foods first, before your main meal, notes Rolls. Because they take a long time to eat and occupy up a lot of space in your belly, your brain will register that it’s full before you’ve eaten many calories. Sound too easy? Research shows that people who follow these principles end up eating 800 fewer calories per day—without missing them.


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  1. Pat says

    07/22/2015 at 5:33 pm

    Choose dark chocolate…like your model there?! Yeah, I KNOW my dark chocolate and that ain’t it!

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