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How do you get rid of the feeling of hunger?
Medical expert of the article
Last reviewed: 06.07.2025
The irrepressible desire to constantly chew something is an obstacle on the way to a slim figure and incredible attractiveness. This is understandable to many ladies who dream of becoming charming, like movie stars or pop divas. But young and not so young ladies forget that behind the beauty of the body and face lies constant and daily work. That is, elementary work on yourself and the ability to regulate your needs.
Those who have realized their dreams and managed to lose extra pounds know that losing weight without dietary restrictions and gyms is fantastic. Of course, you should not exhaust yourself with diets and overexert yourself with exercises. There should be reasonableness and moderation in everything. The best way to help is an individual program developed by nutritionists and fitness trainers personally for a person. But even such a program cannot insure against the periodically appearing feeling of hunger and the desire to have a snack. If you give in to your weaknesses and start indulging your weaknesses again, you can forget about a great figure.
So, to understand how to get rid of the feeling of hunger, you need to study the "rival". Hunger overtakes us at the most inopportune moment. For example, after six o'clock in the evening, when it is not recommended to eat. Or before bed, when it is generally worth thinking only about "high matters". The desire to eat something can also arise after intense exercise, for example, after a workout in the gym. At work, when a large amount of mental or nervous energy is spent, you also periodically want to eat something. Most people also like to "eat away" stress, and with something sweet or very high in calories.
In general, the situation is clear. You will have to negotiate with yourself often about: "Should I have a snack once?" And little tricks and wisdoms can help with this, with the help of which you can dull the feeling of hunger.
The main principle of proper weight loss is to spend more calories than the body takes in. This lifestyle contributes to the fact that fat layers in different parts of the body begin to turn into energy necessary for life. And accordingly, the figure only benefits from these transformations.
In addition, the ability to regulate hunger helps maintain the body in a healthy state. Inability to deny yourself certain foods, as well as their quantities, leads to disruption of metabolic processes in the body. Such an imbalance provokes the development of many diseases: cardiovascular problems, obesity, diabetes, and so on.
How to suppress the feeling of hunger?
To understand how to properly suppress hunger, you need to familiarize yourself with the basics of human physiology.
There are several types of receptors in the stomach that are responsible for the feeling of satiety. The first type of receptors is designed to respond to the contraction or stretching of this organ. For example, if the stomach decreases to a certain size, which is critical, these receptors send a signal to the brain that food reserves are depleted. After which a person begins to feel hungry, which is followed by a meal. When a certain amount of food gets into the stomach and it stretches to a certain state, these same receptors begin to transmit a signal to the brain to stop the process of absorbing food. It is important to know that receptors "accustomed" to small amounts of food will give such signals earlier than the stomach of those people who are used to eating for future use.
The second group of receptors is designed to respond to the amount of nutrients entering the blood. In this case, signals about the saturation of the body with useful substances do not come immediately after eating, but after some time. Any food needs to be broken down and absorbed, and only after these chemical processes do the necessary components begin to enter the human blood. All this takes a certain amount of time, so this type of receptors acts with a delay, and the feeling of satiety does not come immediately.
For decades, there have been rules for eating that allow you to get rid of the feeling of hunger and not to pass on. They are based on the physiology of the functioning of the digestive system, which was described above:
- Food should be taken in a calm state.
- Each serving of food should be as minimal as possible.
- You need to eat slowly and chew each portion of food thoroughly. The longer the food is processed in the oral cavity, the better it will be absorbed by the body. And the less food you will need to eat.
- You need to finish your meal a little earlier than you feel full. Since the nutrients have not yet been absorbed by the body, this will take time. It is not for nothing that there is a popular proverb: "If you eat enough, you're full, and if you overeat, you're poisoned."
- It is also useful to eat little but often, than much but rarely. If you stick to this rule constantly, the body will get used to utilizing all the useful substances and not storing some of them in fat deposits. Therefore, you should try to eat not three times a day, as is customary, but four to five times, but little by little.
- You shouldn't suddenly start limiting yourself in food. This applies to switching to different diets after long and abundant culinary libations, holidays, and so on. There is a very high risk of breaking down after several days of exhausting refusal of food and starting to continue in the same spirit again. It is best to switch to a healthy diet gradually, gradually limiting yourself in food intake and refusing the most harmful dishes and products.
- You shouldn't train yourself to eat to calm down when you're very excited or upset about something. This habit causes problems with excess weight in most people. And also the inability to regulate your own emotions and well-being in a different, healthier way. In this case, it's better to learn several stress-relieving techniques, such as breathing exercises or some qigong practice, to be able to reduce the risk of eating problems with food.
- It is known that during stress, the body experiences a deficiency of positive hormones, such as serotonin, oxytocin, etc. Therefore, the brain gives a signal to replenish their deficiency, primarily with food. Traditionally, this problem can be solved by eating a little sweet food, which will promote the production of serotonin. Below is a description of the best foods to use to benefit the body and relieve stress at the same time.
If you strictly follow these rules, you can not only effectively suppress your hunger, but also lose excess weight.
How to satisfy the feeling of hunger?
Of course, the question may arise, how to suppress the feeling of hunger? What products will help moderate appetite, but at the same time not to supply the body with extra calories.
So, if you really want to eat, but you can’t eat a lot, you need to give preference to low-calorie food. Which, in fact, does not affect weight and promotes saturation of the body. Such food is products with a low content of carbohydrates and fats. The list of these products is not so large, but not so small either. They include:
- Vegetables.
- Fruits.
- Lean meats.
- Low-fat dairy products.
A glass of plain, clean water also helps to suppress the feeling of hunger. As we already know, the stomach reacts to stretching, so drinking liquid will help the receptors signal that there is enough food, and the feeling of hunger will disappear. Water can be replaced with other liquids - fruit drinks, compotes, herbal infusions, and so on. The main thing is that the drinks do not contain sugar, which is a very high-calorie product. If you get into the habit of drinking about half a liter of warm water half an hour before eating, you can cope with the feeling of hunger, and eat less food during the meal.
In addition, we often confuse hunger and thirst. It happens that the body needs liquid, but it is filled with solid food. To avoid such a mistake, it is best to drink a glass of water when you feel hungry. And if after half an hour the desire to eat something appears again, then this is indeed a signal to eat.
The feeling of hunger also dulls when a person begins to do physical work or any physical exercises. Certain chemical processes begin to occur in the body, which replace the need for energy and building materials replenished from food. One of these processes is the burning of fats, which begin to enter the blood in the form of nutrients. Thus, the person’s own body is rebuilt to supply useful components to itself from “warehouse reserves”. And the receptors signal the brain that there is no need to worry - food is coming, and the feeling of hunger decreases. The most useful and effective physical activity is abdominal pumping, a half-hour walk or a short jog.
It happens that the feeling of hunger is constant and practically does not go away, and the person eats a lot and does not gain weight. In this case, it is worth checking your body for the presence of helminths. And if they are found, start therapy and cleansing the body of parasites.
How to trick the feeling of hunger?
How can you deceive your hunger without harming your health and well-being? There are little tricks that will help you find a way out of the situation:
- There are different situations when you really want to eat something specific and not particularly healthy, but this is absolutely unacceptable. For example, a chocolate bar or a piece of cake just won't give you peace, and what should you do in this case? Instead of sweets, you should enjoy a baked apple or pear, which are prepared without sugar.
- It happens that a person losing weight eats fresh and baked fruits, but this does not help - they still want something sweet. In this case, you should not torture yourself and eat a couple of pieces of dark chocolate
- If you don't have a goal to lose weight, you can curb your hunger with a handful of dried fruit or a few nuts. It's also good to eat a couple of spoons of honey, washing it down with water. And if you add a little lemon juice to the liquid, you can not only curb your appetite, but also tone your body. Fruits such as bananas and grapes are high-calorie foods, so eating a banana or a bunch of grapes can curb your hunger.
- Hunger also occurs when the body needs energy spent on ensuring life. It can be replenished with a kind of "energy tonics". These include freshly prepared juices, green smoothies and regular greens. Simple and affordable vegetables - carrots and cabbage - are also good.
- This advice also helps. You need to take a glass of clean warm water and stir two teaspoons of honey in it. After the honey dissolves, drink the water in small sips and slowly.
- You can prepare the following drink. Brew rose hips and nettles in a thermos. Take a tablespoon of rose hips and nettles. Bring two glasses of water to a boil, but do not boil the water. Place the finely chopped raw materials in a thermos. Pour water in there, and leave everything for an hour to let the drink brew. Take half a glass of the healing liquid when you really want to eat, but you can't. You can add a spoonful of honey to this drink, cooled to sixty degrees.
Foods that satisfy hunger
If you want to lose weight and feel healthy at the same time, you should include low-calorie foods in your diet. They allow the body to spend more energy than it gets from food and not gain excess weight. Among the range of products that will be presented below, there are tasty and, moreover, healthy ones.
So, the list of goodies that are good for your figure and health is as follows:
- Low fat kefir.
Kefirchik not only helps to suppress the desire to eat something, and more. It also regulates the activity of the gastrointestinal tract and supplies the digestive system with useful bacteria. Therefore, the immunity of a person who prefers kefir increases. And the figure and well-being improve. In addition to these advantages, kefir is a source of proteins, microelements and vitamins, which perfectly saturates the body. And allows you to replace other food products with this fermented milk drink.
- Fresh apples.
Who among us does not remember an apple, carefully put by mom in a school bag "for a snack"? Moms rightly believed that this fruit would help to hold out at school and wait until meeting with the home refrigerator.
Apple is rightly considered the most important and most useful remedy for hunger. In addition to fiber, apple fruits contain a bunch of vitamins and minerals that will help replenish the lack of energy and nutrients in the body.
- Fresh pears.
Just like apples, pears are healthy, nutritious and perfectly saturate the body with everything necessary. And many of us like pears more for their unique taste and excellent sweetness.
- Fresh vegetables and herbs.
If you want to eat something immediately, you should immediately discard thoughts of chocolate bars and delicious buns. A green crispy cucumber, fresh carrot, ripe tomato or just a piece of cabbage will be just right. Do not forget about garden greens: parsley, dill, lettuce and so on. The wealth of vitamins and minerals, as well as natural bioenergy hidden in the cells of leaves and fruits, can work wonders. Hunger will disappear, and your health will improve.
- Salads made from greens and vegetables.
Express salads on the fly are another way to cope with unpleasant sensations in the stomach. All vegetables are suitable for these noble purposes, as well as any greens, including green onions. Products can be not only raw, but also pickled (for example, cabbage) or salted (like cucumbers). Salads should be salted minimally, and seasoned only with vegetable oil in moderate quantities.
- Boiled eggs.
If you want to lose weight, you should not eat egg yolk. It contains saturated fats, which prevent you from losing extra pounds. Egg whites contain a large number of amino acids, which are necessary for the body to function normally.
- Low fat cottage cheese.
Cottage cheese is a great hunger-satisfying food. In addition, this fermented milk product is a good supplier of nutrients for the human body.
- Lean types of fish or meat.
This dish, eaten alone or with a vegetable side dish, will help to cope with hunger. And also saturate a person with amino acids and other valuable nutrients.
If you don't have a goal to lose weight, you can also "pacify" a spontaneous and untimely feeling of hunger with healthy foods, which are also the most concentrated energy suppliers to the body. Below is a list of such "magic wands":
- Honey.
A couple of spoons of honey, chewed thoroughly and slowly, and then washed down with water, will help a person restore the supply of vital substances. This also concerns the energy balance of the body, along with well-being and a good mood.
- A few walnuts.
Nuts contain a large number of vitamins, microelements, fatty acids, etc. Nuts not only help to quickly saturate the body, but also strengthen the immune system.
- A handful of dried fruit.
Raisins, dried apricots, dates, prunes and figs are a storehouse of nutrients that will not only help you cope with hunger, but also improve your health.
- Fruits and berries.
We have already talked about apples and pears above. In this case, when there is no goal to lose weight, you can eat any fruit without restrictions. Bananas, grapes, apricots, peaches, oranges, etc. will help cope with the feeling of hunger.
- A handful of any nuts.
Almonds, cashews, hazelnuts, pine nuts are not only healthy, but also delicious. When you have unexpected hunger pangs, eat a handful of nuts and forget about the forced discomfort.
- Chocolate.
Of course, you shouldn't abuse sweets. But it happens that you really want to eat, but there is nothing healthy at hand. In this case, you can eat a few pieces of dark or milk chocolate and wait for the desired meal. This sweetness will not only help "kill the worm", but also improve your mood, thanks to the stimulation of the production of a positive hormone - serotonin.
- Freshly prepared juice.
If you have the opportunity to make yourself a fresh juice, you should not deny yourself such a pleasure. This energy cocktail will help you forget about the food inconvenience that has arisen, and also give you strength and vigor.
In general, we can see that foods that satisfy hunger also take care of our good health and well-being.
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Hunger suppressing drugs
It is known that drugs that suppress the feeling of hunger can be classified into three main categories:
- Appetite suppressants.
Such drugs help suppress the emerging feeling of hunger by acting on the human hypothalamus.
- Products that fill the stomach with a certain low-calorie mass.
These drugs promote a feeling of satiety by acting on receptors located in the stomach itself.
- Products with “miraculous” qualities that are available in tablets and other forms.
The composition of such preparations promotes rapid saturation of the body with useful substances due to the minimal dosages of useful plant and organic raw materials they contain.
Let's look at these groups of drugs in more detail.
- Appetite suppressants are based on the effect of influencing the hunger center in the brain. This occurs under the influence of substances such as phentermine and fenfluramine. These drugs are also a kind of antidepressants, which, due to their special chemical composition, cause the consumer to feel euphoria and satisfaction with malnutrition. Currently, such drugs are prohibited for widespread use. Since experts have equated them with narcotic substances that cause addiction and dependence. In addition, their use is not safe, since it causes a number of negative side effects for health.
The new generation of appetite suppressants is already based on a different biochemical action inside the body. Such drugs stimulate the production of serotonin, dopamine and norepinephrine, which leads to an increase in a person's tone, as well as his satisfaction with life and, accordingly, a decrease in the feeling of hunger. This effect was made possible by the substance sibutramine included in the composition of the drugs. This component can regulate not only appetite, but also reduce cravings for carbohydrate foods, accelerate metabolic processes, improve glucose absorption and stimulate the consumption of fat deposits. The minimum course of taking drugs with sibutramine is six months, the maximum is one year. The visible effect from taking the miracle drug lasts for another year, but subject to normalization of nutrition and the inclusion of physical activity. Sibutramine drugs are not addictive, however, they have side effects. These include an increase in body temperature, insomnia, psychosis, taste disturbances, various dysfunctions of the digestive system.
Those wishing to purchase these drugs need to know that they are sold in pharmacies strictly by prescription.
- Drugs that fill the stomach.
They contain substances that imitate food to relieve a person from the feeling of hunger, but have no calories. Usually, such preparations contain cellulose, collagen fibers, alginates. Getting into the stomach together with water, these substances swell and affect the receptors of the stomach, deceiving their owner. Now in the stomach there is a semblance of food in volume, so hunger is dulled.
The advantages of this group of drugs include the absence of a biochemical effect on the body. Efficiency occurs due to the physical increase in the volume of the drug and its effect on receptors. It has also been noted that the side effects of such means of reducing the feeling of hunger are relatively small. Although, such drugs can cause allergic reactions due to the cellulose included in their composition. You also need to pay attention to the amount of water drunk with the dose of the drug. There must be enough of it, otherwise the swollen ingredients will get stuck somewhere in the intestines and will not be able to leave the body. Which can cause stomach or intestinal disorders. Therefore, in some countries, such drugs will not be sold without a doctor's permission in the form of a prescription.
- Most of the so-called "miracle pills" contain substances that have a placebo effect rather than real effectiveness. Such components include guarana, chitosan, apple cider vinegar, birch buds, and so on. Also included in the composition of such pills is cellulose together with collagen, to increase the volume of the pill in the stomach and curb the feeling of hunger. It is also possible to include chromium in the composition of drugs as a means of reducing insulin production, which automatically affects the reduction of appetite. Some of the skilled manufacturers quite calmly add a little sibutramine to the pills, which was described above. But this addition is by no means safe, since the origin of the substance, as well as its dosage, is unknown.
In general, experts believe that in many ways, miracle pills for hunger are effective due to self-hypnosis and substances that increase several times in the stomach.
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Pills that suppress hunger
Usually, a healthy person who is happy with his figure does not have a desire to take some kind of pill for increased appetite. Such a need "suffers" those individuals who are concerned with the fight against excess weight.
The modern pharmaceutical industry can provide various pills that suppress the feeling of hunger. Moreover, for every taste and with any tasks. It should be noted that most of these "miracle drugs" are not safe. Because they disrupt the natural metabolism in the body. To pacify the "hunger riots" in the stomach, it is better to use food products and medicinal drinks. And not chemical compounds with an unknown effect on this particular organism. In any case, before taking pills, it is best to consult a specialist.
So, hunger regulating pills are divided into several groups:
- Nutraceutical tablets.
Such tablets can be equated to food in their chemical composition. Because they contain a small amount of chemical compounds that have medicinal value. But these preparations contain a lot of vitamins and minerals, so such tablets can easily replace food. The advantage of nutraceuticals is their low calorie content. This group of tablets can be used as a substitute for one or more meals per day. This reduces the overall calorie content of the daily diet. It is necessary to remember that all tablets that replace regular food belong to the nutraceutical group.
- Meal replacement tablets.
Most often, these drugs are used in diets aimed at reducing the calorie content of food. Such tablets contain substances that swell and increase several times when they enter the stomach. Usually, this is swelling fiber. The tablets also contain chemicals that help reduce appetite. The third and fourth components of the drugs are amino acids, minerals and vitamins. They replace the nutrients that enter the body with regular food. When taking these drugs, you cannot combine them with regular food. Since with such a combination, weight loss will turn into unnecessary weight gain.
- Parapharmaceutical tablets.
Such pills are more likely to be medicinal products than biological supplements. Parapharmaceuticals are used as additional means of therapy for various diseases. The action of drugs in this group is similar to medicinal drugs, so they should be used with great caution. And only after consultation with a general practitioner and nutritionist. Parapharmaceuticals include anorectics - pills that regulate the feeling of hunger and ballast substances.
- Anorectics.
These pills help reduce the feeling of hunger by “tricking” the body.
Therefore, they are mainly used in dietary nutrition to change metabolic processes in the body to achieve weight loss.
- Group of ballast substances.
These drugs, which swell in the stomach, imitate the amount of food that should enter the stomach with a meal. Thus, the gastric receptors react to the volume of raw materials that entered the stomach, and not to its nutritional characteristics. And they send a command to the brain so that a feeling of satiety occurs, and hunger is dulled. Usually, such tablets contain microcrystalline cellulose, which can greatly increase in size. Wheat bran-based drugs are also produced.
Herbs that dull the feeling of hunger
The wealth of the plant world has long been used in the noble cause of regulating digestion and weight loss. There are herbs that help reduce appetite and reduce hunger. These folk remedies also speed up metabolic processes, which helps to lose extra pounds. In addition, herbs contain a huge amount of vitamins, minerals, flavonoids, etc., which helps to strengthen health and immunity.
Different herbs and infusions act differently in reducing hunger. For example, one group of medicinal plants coats the stomach walls, thereby reducing the amount of gastric juice secreted. The enveloping effect of plants extends both to the periods between meals and during the meal itself. This is absolutely safe for the body, but the feeling of satiety comes faster, and the desire to eat is postponed for a longer time than usual.
There is also a group of plants that create a feeling of satiety in the stomach, thanks to their properties. Usually, such food includes seeds of medicinal plants, which need to be consumed in small quantities to get full. It is because of these qualities of this type of herbs that the body receives a small number of nutrients, as well as calories. Which helps to remove excess fat reserves from the body.
The effectiveness of using herbs is also manifested in the fact that the usual amount of food consumed gradually decreases. Due to this, the stomach begins to shrink in size, and the feeling of satiety occurs earlier. Therefore, in the future, in order to feel full, you will need to eat less food. When you stop taking herbs, which should be done in courses, the stomach remains in such sizes, and the feeling of hunger occurs less often.
Medicinal herbs are used both individually and in combination with other plants with a similar effect. The list of necessary herbs is as follows:
- Nettle leaves.
They help provide the body with nutrition, and at the cellular level. They help reduce the feeling of hunger, thanks to the vitamins and other active substances they contain. Nettle can be used both as a medicine between meals and instead of regular tea after meals.
- Hawthorn berries.
This medicinal plant helps regulate the functioning of the endocrine system organs – the adrenal glands and the thyroid gland. At the same time, metabolic processes improve and intensify. Therefore, the food eaten begins to be digested and absorbed faster, and the nutrients received by the body are consumed at an accelerated rate.
- Laminaria thallus.
This sea and ocean algae is famous for its rich mineral content. Up to forty micro- and macroelements have been found in the thalli of kelp. Therefore, it is useful to add kelp powder to various dishes in order to quickly saturate the body. Also, seaweed is famous for its ability to regulate the thyroid gland due to the increased iodine content in it. And normal thyroid function affects the quality of metabolism, including the ability to gain excess weight or lose unnecessary kilograms. In addition, kelp has a salty taste and can be added to food instead of salt - it will be both tasty and healthy. And you can buy crushed kelp thalli at any pharmacy.
- Flax seed.
Flax seed infusions and decoctions have an enveloping effect. Therefore, gastric secretion decreases, which affects the feeling of rapid satiety. Flax also contains a large number of vitamins, which helps strengthen the immune system. Flax seed is also known for its laxative effect, which is its advantage in the era of widespread problems with the gastrointestinal tract. Flax seed decoction, like infusion, should be drunk an hour and a half before meals. Flax seed is sold both in pharmacies and regular supermarkets in the spice and seasoning departments.
- Burdock root.
This plant not only helps to speed up the processing of lipids in the body, but also has a diuretic effect. The mineral composition of burdock is also varied. Due to this, dry and crushed burdock roots are the basis for a fat-burning drink, which also regulates the feeling of satiety. It is easy to prepare such a potion - just brew two teaspoons of raw materials with a glass of boiling water and put it in a thermos for storage. If you have a strong attack of hunger, you need to drink a tablespoon of the drink and forget about the problem.
- Alfalfa.
This plant can speed up the digestion process. Its positive qualities include fat-burning qualities, as well as the ability to strengthen blood vessels. Alfalfa raw materials are sold in pharmacies and are brewed like regular tea at the rate of one tablespoon per glass of boiling water.
- Fennel fruits.
The seeds of this medicinal plant are good not only for dulling the feeling of hunger, but also as a diuretic. In addition, fennel has tonic properties and improves mood. Fennel seeds are brewed in a thermos, like regular tea, at the rate of one teaspoon per glass of boiling water.
So, herbs that dull the feeling of hunger are useful medicines. And not only in the fight against culinary excesses, but also simply to strengthen health and improve well-being.
How to suppress hunger in the evening?
Many of us know that it is not advisable to eat after six or seven o'clock in the evening. This warning is due to the fact that in the evening the body uses significantly less nutrients and energy than during the day. Therefore, food taken in the evening is not utilized by the body, but is deposited as fat in various parts of the body.
Those who want to lose weight and those who simply care about their health often ask the question: how to suppress the feeling of hunger in the evening? After all, there are often situations when you want to eat at a forbidden time, and even - really want to. There are special tricks that can help outsmart the body and stop useless internal dialogues on the topic of "to eat or not to eat?"
Experts and simply people who are knowledgeable about the problem recommend the following means of combating excessive appetite:
- There is a saying: in an unclear situation or when you feel bad, go to bed. Despite the banality and simplicity of the approach to the problem, this is effective advice. Because the feeling of hunger can arise from the habit of eating in the evening. Or it can be the result of a lack of nutrients and energy. In order not to figure it out for a long time, and also not to create unnecessary stress for yourself, it is worth forgetting about all the problems and lying down to rest until the morning.
- But if the feeling of hunger is so great that it does not allow you to relax and fall asleep, what can you do in this situation? First of all, you can deceive the body and create a feeling of satiety in it by drinking two glasses of water. The stomach receptors will react to the volume of liquid entering it and give the command "all clear" to the hungry "revolt". In this case, you must remember that the water should be warm, but not hot.
- A glass of tea with a spoon of honey is a good sedative that will help replenish the body's lack of nutrition in the evening. You should not make strong tea or drink black tea. It is also not recommended to add sugar to the drink. But a slice of lemon to a spoon of honey will be the best addition. If you really want to eat, you can add a piece of wholemeal bread or a dry cookie to the tea.
- Herbal infusions are also a great alternative to a heavy dinner. It is best to drink calming herbs with honey, for example, mint or lemon balm infusion. Hawthorn, chamomile or any calming, relaxing collection are also good.
- Some nutritionists believe that thirst is mistaken for hunger in the evening. Therefore, before trying to suppress the unpleasant feeling with the help of the tricks below, it is best to drink a glass of water, tea or herbal tea.
- A good remedy for evening hunger is kefir. A glass of this fermented milk drink at night, and problems with rumbling in the stomach will be gone. You can add a bit of cinnamon to the kefir, it will be healthier and tastier.
- Ryazhenka and sour milk are, of course, fattier than kefir. But don't worry about it: a plate of fried potatoes or a cutlet with a cake will do more harm to your figure than a glass of healthy fermented milk drink.
- Nutritionists advise eating an apple or something citrusy at night. But for some people, fruit at night causes an increase in hunger, not a decrease. This applies, oddly enough, to kefir and the fermented milk drinks listed above. In this regard, we can say that all people are different and their metabolic processes proceed differently. Therefore, what helps one person will be harmful to another. It is worth experimenting and checking someone else's experience on yourself.
- Based on the previous point, experienced people advise eating some rye or gray wheat bread in the evening. And not dry, but with pieces of onion or green onion and unrefined vegetable oil with salt. This old trick helps to cope with hunger at any time of the day - morning, afternoon or evening.
- A small piece of cheese can also help trick the body; you need to put it in your mouth and suck it like candy. You don't need to chew the cheese, but rather suck it, and for as long as possible. When the piece completely dissolves in your mouth, the feeling of hunger will disappear for a long time.
- If all the above mentioned means do not help to cope with the feeling of hunger, you can try to eat something. The main thing is in small quantities, in a good mood and chewing the food thoroughly. For example, cottage cheese with a low or medium percentage of fat with sour cream of the same fat content and without sugar will do.
In the evening, a salad of fresh vegetables with olive oil will be good. If you don’t have olive oil, you can use unrefined sunflower oil. So, what vegetables are suitable for the salad? First, white and red cabbage. This product is low in calories and also helps burn extra calories. Also, one cannot underestimate the richness of the vitamin and mineral composition of these vegetables. Which is very important in replenishing the body with nutrients that eliminate the feeling of hunger. You can grate a little carrot into the salad for beauty. And you should dress the salad not only with vegetable oil, but also with a few drops of lemon juice.
- In summer, cucumbers, tomatoes, sweet peppers, and radishes are suitable for salad. Garden greens will also be very useful – parsley, dill, spinach, lettuce, cilantro, and so on.
- Boiled lean meat or fish without any side dishes and in small quantities will be a good alternative to a hearty evening meal. It is advisable to salt the meat, but in moderation. Chicken breasts or fillets are good meat products. And fish products include cod flesh, silver hake, pollock, pollock, blue whiting, pike perch, flounder, pike, bream, and perch.
- Low-fat seafood - mollusks and crustaceans - also satisfy hunger well. In addition, they are simply delicious and healthy.
So, solving the problem of how to get rid of the feeling of hunger is quite simple and not burdensome for the psyche and health. The main thing is to remember that care and diet will subsequently affect the improvement of appearance, figure and well-being.