We all have them from time to time – those insatiable food cravings for specific foods. You could crave something salty, sweet, or fatty. Or you could crave one specific food like chocolate. Assuming that they are not brought on by emotions, cravings could be trying to tell you that you have a nutritional deficiency. Here are some of the most common cravings and what to eat to satisfy them.
Despite your best intentions, sometimes the temptation to eat something blatantly unhealthy strikes – at a time you’re trying to stay on the “straight and narrow.” Research now shows that something as simple as when you flex your muscles may help you muster the willpower you need to turn down a decadent dessert or thwart a food craving. Find out more.
Both men and women experience food cravings, but there are differences in the types of foods they crave and what brings on the cravings. Find out more about food cravings and gender differences as well as tips for keeping cravings under control
What goes on in your brain has a direct influence on how much you eat, food cravings and the types of foods you choose. One brain chemical in particular, dopamine, plays an especially important role in keeping food cravings in check. Find out what role it plays and ways to maximize its benefits through diet and lifestyle.
If you’re like most people, you have cravings for unhealthy foods, usually ones that are high in carbs like chips or cookies. Have you ever wondered what causes them? Are the biological or strictly psychological? Find out what the current thinking is on this and some simple ways to keep cravings at bay.
We have receptors on our tongue that can detect the taste of something sweet, salty, sour, bitter and savory, but what about fat? The taste of fat may be joining the ranks as a taste your taste buds can sense and respond to, and, this may explain why some people crave fatty foods.
This article discusses food cravings in men and women, which sex has more and how the two sexes differ in the types of food they crave.
Here are four types of foods to avoid if you want to keep your appetite under control and avoid an increase in hunger. Find out more.
Are you looking for a way to stop food cravings? Try changing the way you eat. Here are three types of foods that can make cravings for unhealthy foods worse – and how to deal with them.
