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| 8 Ways to Train Your Brain to Hate Junk Food |
You can eat healthy, by staying away from processed foods and eating as many whole foods as possible.
1. Practice the 5 Ingredient Rule
If there are more than 5 ingredients on a food label - this is a red flag for food processing- do not buy it!
2. Aim for 3 Colours
A 2012 Cornell study found that people prefer 3 food items and 3 different types colors on their plates, compared with more or less of either category.
3. Break Your Routine
It only takes a few weeks - about 3 - to break your routine - to form a habit. If you associate 3pm with a trip to the vending machine, start a tradition to walk around the block for 5 minutes instead. This will likley kick your craving altogether.
4. Make Healthy Food Your Treat
One of my favourite desserts? Red Grapes I stash in the freezer, which let me cap off my dinner with something sweet without kick-starting sugar cravings.
5. And Keep It Handy
Store healthy foods you want to eat more front and centre in your fridge and out on your countertops. Snack foods are so easy to dig into!
6. Know Your Trigger Foods
Chocolate covered anything? By knowing the foods that send you down the spiral of junk food binging, you have already accomplished half of the battle. Keep them out of the house.
7. Gross Yourself Out
One surefire way to consume less processed food is to learn more about what you're really eating.
8. Chew More Than You Need
Adam Melonas, renowned chef and Founder of UNREAL candy shared this smart tip, "If you can make people chew more, they'll eat less." The next time you sneak in a treat, chew slowly and conscioulsy. Wait until you finish one bite to take the next.
I hope you are playing some golf in spite of the irratic weather we are experiencing in the GTA this year.
