Heed the signal that says you have had enough
We all like to indulge, especially on holiday. But then the weight goes on, we struggle to lose it, and then comes Christmas, and the whole cycle starts all over again. What to do? There is a signal that tells us we have had enough, and we can learn to heed it. When the sugar in our blood reaches a certain level, part of the brain called the hypothalamus senses this and switches off the feeling of hunger. If we stopped eating then, we would be a good way towards keeping our weight stable, and even, with some effort, losing some. This is why we tell children that if they eat too many sweets it will spoil their appetite. The sugar has gone in, hunger is switched off, and they won't eat the food that their bodies actually need. The excess sugar gets turned into fat. Children often burn it off, adults not so much. Ultra-processed food is like eating too many sweets. Ultra-processed food is designed to make you want to eat more of it. It tends to be full of sugars and starches. T...