There are a lot of natural food that is said to be a good appetite suppressant. Forget about the unsafe slimming pills and appetite suppressant drugs that might put your health in danger.
Here are some of the natural foods that you can have anytime to decrease hunger pangs:
Dark chocolates
Dark chocolates are 70% cocoa compared to the usual one that is sold in the store which are mixed with lots of sugar. These are fantastic natural appetite suppressant wherein you can still indulge with your favorite treat. The portion of dark chocolates that is recommended is about the size of your index finger.
* When buying dark chocolates, check the nutrition facts printed on the package cover to learn more about the amount of sugar and choose the one that are the lowest.
Apple
An apples is a good source of fiber that will fill you up. Its bulky fiber fills up your stomach and turns off your appetite control hormones before you overeat.
Green Veggies
Green vegetables such as lettuce, cabbage, and other leafy vegetables have so few calories and your body will be needing more calories to digest these fiber-rich veggies.
According to Mike Adams, The Health Ranger :
You can consume these green leafy vegetables in a couple of ways. Most people don’t like to eat them plain. Instead, you can fill up a very large bowl (I am talking about something the size of a family dinner salad bowl) with lettuce and salad greens, then add only 100 calories worth of salad dressing. You will want to find some of the lower calorie salad dressings out there, and of course you want to avoid MSG, high-fructose corn syrup, and other ingredients in salad dressings. There are many very good salad dressings that only have 25 calories per tablespoon. Using those dressings, you can put four tablespoons of salad dressing on your salad and start munching away. In a few minutes, you will feel quite full and yet will have only consumed 100 calories that count. Remember the calories for the green leafy vegetables are free. You only count the calories of the salad dressing itself. This is an excellent way to fill your stomach and turn off your hunger signals while only giving yourself 100 calories.
Another strategy that uses green leafy vegetables is to stir fry them in a pan with no oils whatsoever. Just use water and flavoring such as onions, garlic and soy sauce. Simply stir fry all the green vegetables you want, add the spices and eat it. I do not count the calories in onions or garlic either, nor do I count the calories in soy sauce since none of these spices have very high calorie density. As a result, that entire meal goes in your stomach and counts for zero calories. Once again, it’s a great way to curb you appetite without consuming large quantities of calorie rich food.
Herbal Tea
If you are fond of herbal tea, then you can have green tea for a change. Green tea’s polyphenols can increase the levels of cholecystokinin (CCK), which is actually a hormone that suppresses food consumption.
Other benefits of green tea: it can increase your body metabolism for more fat burning and acts as powerful antioxidant to protect your from those harmful free radicals. Just remember to go natural and not those bottled sweetened ones.
Water
An 8 oz. of water can suppress your appetite and another tip from Mike Adams, if you just drink a full glass of water and have the discipline to wait 10 minutes, you will find that your appetite is either completely gone or dramatically reduced.
Get More Sleep because If you don’t have enough sleep (enough sleep here means 7-8 hours per night), you lower your body’s ability to perform metabolic functions such as to break down carbohydrates and to produce hormones.