Dependence on food

Dependence on food can be felt by any person. We are all prone to being pamperedsomething delicious. Especially strongly manifested such dependence on food during the holidays, when we can not stop until we empty the entire refrigerator. In another way it is impossible, because there is our favorite (and such delicious) food. Do you remember this strange sensation when your feet go to the fridge yourself? But people who are addicted to food experience this feeling constantly.

Recent studies have shown that people who are addicted to food can be compared to drug addicts. The thing is that in both casesthere is a violation of the functions of dopamine receptors. Dopamine is a chemical substance that is produced in the brain. It plays a very important role in the system of "encouraging" the brain. It is dopamine that causes a sense of pleasure. At full people who are dependent on food, the receptors of dopamine in the brain are located much less than those who do not suffer from food dependence. The same low number of receptors is observed in drug addicts. In the end, it turns out that dependent on something people can not enjoy simple things. They always need makeup with a product that will completely satisfy them. In the case of addiction to food, it is a favorite product.

But not everything is as bad as you might think. With addiction to food, you can fight. At the same time, you can and should do it yourself. We will tell in detail how to overcome dependence on food.

there is a few rules that you must followthat your food addiction is no longertroubled you. You can not go to countermeasures and completely exclude your favorite food. This will cause such stress, which it will be almost impossible to overcome. You should always start small.

To start stop storing big food at home. All that you have saved for a "rainy day"should be distributed or discarded. But at home you can not store this food. If you know that at home there is something tasty, you will not be able to resist and not eat this product.

Another rule that you should constantly follow is this: do not buy extra food. If you go to the store, first make upThe list by which you should purchase the products. Do not step back a step from the list. Also, do not go to the store "just a minute" to see what's delicious there can be sold. And one more thing: during purchases try to avoid the counter with chocolate, chips and other food, which you can eat at any time.

Learn not to snack every time you feel a slight feeling of hunger. Suffer until lunch or dinner, when you canit's ok to eat. It is very important for you to learn to distinguish between a real sense of hunger and a psychological desire to have something to eat. To learn this, you can imagine in your own mind a scale of saturation, where 1 will mean a feeling of hunger, and 10 - a supersaturation. You should always avoid both extremes. When you feel that you are already full, finish eating food.

Do not seize the stress, boredom or grief of your favorite food. It is better to try to get rid of such feelingswith the help of music, films, communication with other people. Also it does not hurt to go in for sports. Doing sports excite a normal appetite and discipline.

You can also learn to deceive yourself. Since you can not completely abandon your favorite food, it is necessary to reduce the amount of its consumption. You can either agree with yourself that your belovedFood will now be as a reward for your achievements, or just learn to eat small portions. For example, do not eat all the packets of cookies at once, but only two pechenyushki. Start using small plates and cups. This is how you will automatically reduce food intake. After a while small portions will be perceived by the brain as a matter of course.

Remember that dependence on food is a certain state in which you can learn positive emotions. Try to develop, set new goals, beliefs. And you will see that you can receive positive emotions not only from consumption of your favorite food.