This is an easy way to avoid excessive food cravings when dieting

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One of the toughest obstacles when dieting is the feeling of craving to eat certain foods. This diet expert shares easy ways to avoid it.

The process of losing weight or dieting can be said to be quite difficult for most people who have difficulty controlling their appetite. Because people often overeat without realizing it at all.

Many people want to diet but admit they can’t stop eating and even constantly crave food. This can be said to be normal because this phase is experienced quite often by many people.

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Reporting from Mirror UK (18/12), a dietitian named Shayne Rowland often shares diet tips via his TikTok account @proflex.health.

“When we’re craving food, it’s usually because our body is sending signals to tell us that something might be missing,” explains Shayne.

“This could be a sign that the body is not getting enough sleep or rest. We know that when the body is not getting enough sleep, it will produce a hormone called ghrelin. This hormone can increase hunger hormones in the body, so that we feel hungry and crave certain foods,” said Shayne.

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Shayne further added that the factor that often triggers cravings is because our body lacks fluids or is slightly dehydrated.

“Maybe we actually don’t feel hungry but just need to drink water. Because the body is even slightly dehydrated, it can be misinterpreted as hunger which then triggers food cravings,” he said.

So that cravings disappear when dieting, Shayne emphasizes the importance of consuming foods that are rich in nutrients, vitamins and minerals for the body. This includes eating foods that are rich in protein so that people don’t feel hungry easily.