A study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition speaks of the “emotional intake”, how many women take refuge in food to compensate for situations of stress, anxiety or decay produced after the Christmas celebrations. Sometimes eating becomes one of the few pleasures that can be easily provided in your life, just by opening the fridge.
Psychology advises not to nip those small pleasures in the bud, but to gradually vary the way we deal with situations that stress us out, displease us or make us sad until, finally, we no longer need to compensate them with food.
In this progressive process, it is advisable to improve our diet, introducing Tasty but healthy and light dishes that we can resort to without risk to our health or our line at times when we need to take refuge in that “emotional intake”.
A good tool is fruit, since the sweetness of fructose can calm a greedy appetite without providing excess calories. The apple is one of the healthiest and lightest. It only has 50 calories per 100 grams and its fiber content helps to generate a feeling of satiety and eliminate toxins in the digestive process. They are perfect as a dessert or snack and, for those who are not in the habit of eating fresh fruit, their texture allows them to be cooked in multiple ways.
proposes to prepare them hot for lighten up some meat recipesreplacing tubers, cereals or legumes that can be heavier accompaniments.