Intuitive eating: how to cure eating behavior

Have you tried all kinds of diets and they didn't satisfy you? Intuitive eating may be the one for you. It is a type of diet that treats eating behavior not dictated by social, environmental or emotional aspects. It is based on a key principle: self-regulation of food based on the physical satisfaction of the sense of hunger, because if you create a healthy relationship with food and its intuitive consumption, you reach a nutritional strategy that rejects any diet in favor of a psychological awareness that leads to more confidence in yourself.

The IES (intuitive eating scale) is based on four points: the anti-diet, internal nutrition based on the physical satisfaction of hunger (intrinsic), that is, you learn to respond to your internal bodily stimuli, a diet that limits social involvement , environmental and emotional (extrinsic) and finally self-care (self-care), ie health and well-being take precedence over fashion and beauty.

There are many intuitive principles, you can take some of them as an example, first of all reject the diet mentality a priori and throw away all the books you have purchased, say "no" to emotional hunger, but honor it because energy and carbohydrates help to have a body healthy, so try to recognize hunger and feed your body without eating unhealthy foods; make "peace" with food, savor food in a pleasant environment, this brings satisfaction and creates a sense of fullness, observe what you have on your plate, the colors, flavors and smells you will see that hunger diminishes; challenge the belief, which lies deep in your psyche and tells you what is good (low calories) and what is bad (too many calories) .Another principle is to honor your health and respect your body: do not eat for anxiety, boredom or depression, but look for the emotional root and to calm down take walks or take a yoga class; at the end try to think about how you feel after choosing a healthy diet. This path leads to trusting yourself and food.

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It was found that in a study program taken as a sample of young people from less developed Asian countries and the USA, the former normally feed with the intuitive system, eat from hunger, have a healthier relationship with what they eat and less disturbances. diet and obesity, a degree affecting Americans.

At this point, why not listen to our body? This type of diet teaches us to work with our biology, to understand our bodies and accept them, to recognize their signals (appetite) and respond in a healthy way; therefore have a right self-esteem and love your body. It is also good to contact a dietician to start the process and, in this way, you will finally be able to lose kilos without counting calories, forbidden foods, glycemic index controls, yo yo effect ... ..but full freedom.