If you're famished, eat a little fat before you sit down for a meal. Did we say fat?
Yes, but we're talking about the good kind. Eating some healthy fat 20 minutes before a meal can keep you from stuffing yourself. It fools your brain into thinking you're not as hungry as you thought. And your waist will reap the rewards. How does healthy fat do it?
Get the Message
About 70 calories of healthy fat just before you eat that's:
- 6 walnuts or
- 12 almonds or
- 20 peanuts
. . . can trick you into thinking you're full. Eating good fats stimulates the production of cholecystokinin (CCK), a hormone that tells your brain you've had enough to eat and then keeps you feeling full by slowing the emptying of your stomach. (Bread dipped in olive oil will also do it.) So when you sit down for a meal, you'll eat for pleasure, not for hunger, and you'll be likely to eat less.
Source: RealAge
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