Helen’s Diet Blog

It is not you, but your body that craves for certain foods. This happens as it remembers the effect of the food that you consumed in the past. If you trust various studies done in this field, foods give as much pleasure as produced by certain drugs such as cocaine. So, next time you crave for a particular food, you are actually experiencing a somewhat similar but low form of drug craving that recovering addicts usually undergo.

No wonder your body forces you to overeat or eat foods that cause weight gain! Fortunately, there exist certain other ways that can help you ward off the food cravings and control your brain or actions. Do you know you can easily control some of your sensory reactions through meditation, exercise, and even laughter therapy? Here’s how:

Exercise, even done at moderate level can help you remove anxiety and despair! Research indicates that people who exercise regularly have a better control on their bodies and lives. And, you need not go for exhaustive workout to achieve that. Even exercise done for thirty minutes for 3 times a week is quite effective.

Meditation also helps you control your sense and other body functions. Meditation also helps you fight off stress and acts like a food for your soul. Remember, when your soul is content, you don’t feel the need to overeat.

Never assume that you are on a rigorous exercise schedule or working hard to lose weight. This may make you depressed at times. Laugh a lot, and laugh aloud. Laughter is a wonderful therapy to keep depression at bay, controlling anger, and replacing anxiety with self- fulfillment. And, you cannot eat and laugh simultaneously. Humor helps you control food cravings too.

So, adopt meditation, exercise, and laughter as three important ways to remain healthy and happy. Soon, you will be well-protected against food cravings, anxiety, and depression.