Understanding Cravings!

One of our most exciting episodes ever that could change your eating habits overnight!

In this episode we're talking about how cravings work and what you can do about them, because despite feeling like they are totally out of your control, once you know how they work you can totally use the same process to develop a more desirable habit!

Key points this week are;

2 types of cravings - habitual and "biological" (i.e. hormones or microbiome)

Your "pudding stomach" is real and it's proper name is "sensory specific satiety" - you can use this strategy to your advantage too.

Reasons for cravings that we cover;

• You're restricting
• You're not eating enough carbs
• You're not eating enough protein
• Not eating enough fibre
• You're not eating enough. (Here we're talking about viewing your food through the lens of diet culture)
• Not eating satisfying meals
• Hormones!
• Lack of sleep
• Gut bacteria and microbiome