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When It Comes to Eating Fat, Go Long
Check out this natural, easy, and enjoyable way to keep your hunger in check: Eat long, liquid fats.
This type of fat helps turn off hunger signals and sate your appetite, so you eat less overall. Invite a few to every meal.
The Long Way to Full
What's a long, liquid fat, you ask? According to John La Puma, MD, author of ChefMD's Big Book of Culinary Medicine, these fats have lots of carbon molecules adding to their length. More importantly, they produce cholecystokinin (CCK) -- a lovely hormone that tells your brain, "You're full now. You can stop eating." (Browse his book online.)
Long and Short of It
You'll find long-chain, liquid fats right where you might expect -- in the healthiest of foods. Good sources include fatty fish (salmon, trout), nuts and seeds (walnuts, flax), and plant-based foods (avocado, olive oil). You should not only eat more of these kinds of foods but also jettison the short-chain, solid fats (read saturated fats) at the same time. Why? Because not-so-healthy fats actually make you hungrier, according to La Puma. (Find out how saturated fats keep you feeding your face.)
More Hunger-Nixing Notions
Naturally, we all wish we could keep our hunger in check sometimes, and lose a few extra pounds in the process. Here are a few more tricks to try that won't leave you feeling like a hunger artist.
- Eat breakfast -- every day. Here's how it will help you fight off the munchies.
- Grab a few sips of water before you hit the snack cupboard. Here's why.
- Ditch anything with corn syrup in it. Here's how it messes with your brain and body.
- Try these 10 other ways to outwit your appetite.
RealAge Benefit:
Avoiding saturated and trans fats can make your RealAge more than 4 years younger.
