HOW TO KNOW WHAT TO EAT(TIP 1)

It has slowly become a family tradition for my family to eat out on Sunday afternoons. Last Sunday, we decided to go to a different restaurant. As soon as I got in, the line up of pastries was simply tempting and I could hear them scream –pick me, pick me. You see I’m a sucker for cakes, meat pies and everything in between.

I had to let them pass because of this secret I am about to share with you. And it is not because I know they are unhealthy! Sometimes, many times, long throat overrides common sense.

You see those people who never gain a pound, they practice this almost unknowingly.

This skill would also help you choose foods that won’t spike your blood sugar or place a demand on your pancreas to release more insulin, remember hyperinsulinaemia (excess insulin in the blood) is the root cause of metabolic syndrome.

This simple secret is called OBEYING THE SATIETY RULE.

What does this mean:-It simply means eating those foods that you know will fill you up and make you feel like you have eaten. Read this again.

You certainly have noticed that when you eat biscuits and a soft drink, your mind would tell you, you haven’t eaten. This also applies to bread and tea or roasted corn and coconut. In your mind, you have just taken a snack and within the next 2 hours, you would feel like diving in an adult dose of swallow or rice.

Whether you call this food snacks or food, it doesn’t stop them from ensuring that your health numbers stay out of control.

The trick to choosing what to eat is CHOOSE THOSE FOODS THAT FILL YOU UP. Those foods that make you feel full and satisfied.

Oya, list them out1.2.3.4.For me, it’s sweet potatoes, beans, (moi-moi feels like snacks to me especially If I’m eating it outside), low carb swallow and okro or afang soup, garden eggs, home made sharwarma(it’s a so much more healthy version), heavily ‘vegefied’ rice( I can’t remember the last time I ate white rice and stew, it actually now looks mightily boring to me and not complete), ukwa etc

Just 2 spoons of rice was served on sliced cabbage
 and served with other vegetables.
(c) Doc Ezinne Erhirhie.

And yes, I finally settled for ukwa and kpomo in that restaurant. And I was so glad I did.

Now you have outlined the foods that make you feel satisfied after eating them, focus on eating those more.

Next week we shall look at how not to feel deprived from giving up your favorite rice, dodo, soft /malt drinks and pastries.

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