Why Dieting Does Not Work
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Why Dieting Does Not Work

For many women, the journey to weight loss can feel like a never-ending struggle. Despite trying countless diets and weight loss strategies, the results are often temporary or non-existent. The frustration of not achieving lasting weight loss is compounded when emotional eating plays a significant role in the relationship with food. Understanding why traditional dieting fails to address the complexities of weight loss, especially for those who battle emotional eating, is key to finding a more effective and compassionate approach.

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Why You Might Still Be Hungry After Eating Three Bowls of Spaghetti
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Why You Might Still Be Hungry After Eating Three Bowls of Spaghetti

If you find yourself eating multiple bowls of spaghetti and still feeling hungry, you're not alone. This experience can be frustrating and perplexing, especially if you believe you've consumed enough to satisfy your hunger.

Eating until you're physically full but still feeling hungry or wanting to eat more is a common experience for many people. This phenomenon is influenced by a complex interplay of physiological, psychological, and environmental factors.

While fullness is a physical sensation triggered by the stretching of the stomach, the feeling of hunger or the desire to keep eating often stems from other cues, such as emotional needs, cravings, or habits. Understanding why this happens requires exploring the differences between physical hunger and emotional hunger, how certain foods impact satiety, and how factors like stress, distraction, and dieting history can disconnect us from our body's natural hunger and fullness signals?

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Why Do You Feel Deprived When Eating Healthy?
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Why Do You Feel Deprived When Eating Healthy?

A common misconception is that eating fewer calories will directly lead to weight loss. While a calorie deficit is essential for weight loss, excessively low-calorie diets can backfire. The body perceives this drastic reduction as a threat, slowing down the metabolism to conserve energy. This survival mechanism can stall weight loss and even lead to weight gain once normal eating patterns resume.

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How to Help Your Picky Eater Become a Healthy Eater?
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How to Help Your Picky Eater Become a Healthy Eater?

When it comes to picky eaters, most parents have been told, "When they're hungry, they'll eat." But there are a few really, really, really stubborn children that hunger does not bother them. Some just think that "your food" is so disgusting that they rather starve themselves than eat your food.

Why are some kids so fussy about food? 

There are many reasons why your child does not want to eat or lacks an appetite or interest to eat. Picky eating may be associated with everything from personality traits to parental control at mealtime, social influences, maternal eating patterns and development, gastrointestinal issues, food allergies and sensitivities, sensory issues, etc. Or it could just be your kid being, well, a kid or something else.

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