Post by asta on Mar 11, 2019 9:12:07 GMT
As evidence builds that conventional weight-loss methods simply don't work in the long term, some nutritionists and psychologists are encouraging a kind of non-diet diet, in which you eat what you want when you want it. It's called intuitive eating, or sometimes, mindful eating. Those that practice and preach this nutritional philosophy say your body instinctively knows what it needs.
Some nutritionists teach their clients to better listen to their bodies by keeping a "hunger-o-meter", ranking their hunger on a scale from 0 to 10, while also jotting down their physical hunger symptoms before and after they eat. Then eating slowly, checking in with themselves to mentally gauge whether they're still feeling hungry every so often.
So, stop eating your feelings. Research has shown that we often eat not because we're hungry, but because we're bored, happy, sad or stressed.
For intuitive eaters, there are no good or bad foods. The idea here is that after eating a pie, intuitive eaters will naturally be drawn to more nutritious foods at the next meal, balancing out that extra fat and sugar.
A two-year study comparing intuitive eaters to traditionsl dieters offers hope: Both groups lost weight initially, but after one year, intuitive eaters — but not dieters — kept it off. And a recent analysis of the literature on mindful eating identified six studies showing that overweight or obese intuitive eaters lost significant amounts of weight.
Some nutritionists teach their clients to better listen to their bodies by keeping a "hunger-o-meter", ranking their hunger on a scale from 0 to 10, while also jotting down their physical hunger symptoms before and after they eat. Then eating slowly, checking in with themselves to mentally gauge whether they're still feeling hungry every so often.
So, stop eating your feelings. Research has shown that we often eat not because we're hungry, but because we're bored, happy, sad or stressed.
For intuitive eaters, there are no good or bad foods. The idea here is that after eating a pie, intuitive eaters will naturally be drawn to more nutritious foods at the next meal, balancing out that extra fat and sugar.
A two-year study comparing intuitive eaters to traditionsl dieters offers hope: Both groups lost weight initially, but after one year, intuitive eaters — but not dieters — kept it off. And a recent analysis of the literature on mindful eating identified six studies showing that overweight or obese intuitive eaters lost significant amounts of weight.
