Tips Of The Day

Dietician Sheela Sherawat

Eat only when hungry

Do not nibble on snacks when you are not hungry. When we are hungry our stomach secretes a hormone called ghrelin which signals hunger.
According to Dietician Sheela Sherawat, of Diet Clinic - Regardless if you eat three larger meals or six smaller meals per day it is essential that you feel hungry before you start eating.  The feeling of satiety arrives twenty minutes after eating and stays until the body needs energy and secretes ghrelin. Eating snacks between meals even if you are not hungry causes the rhythm of hunger and satiety to go wrong. As a result, you will gain weight because you will forget to recognize the signal of hunger. If you eat when you are hungry you secrete less insulin and your blood sugar levels stay stable.