Food craving, the intense desire to eat certain foods, can sabotage efforts to maintain healthy eating habits and body weight, no matter the time of year.
However, an examination of 28 current peer-reviewed scientific studies largely substantiates findings that changes in diet, prescription medications, physical activity and bariatric surgery reduce craving, said Candice Myers, PhD, assistant professor — research at LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center.
“Craving influences what people eat and their body weight, but there are some components of our behavior and diet that we do have control over,” Myers said. “Being mindful of these desires gives us more control of them.” Myers was the lead author of “Food Cravings and Body Weight: a Conditioning Response.”
For example, one proven way to reduce the longing for a certain food is to eat it less frequently. In other words, it’s better to remove something from your diet than to try…
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Last modified: December 13, 2018
