How and with what to calm my cravings?

When hunger strikes between two meals, it is better to eat a little something. This little something will help lower the level of hunger and wait for the next meal. But which foods should you choose to stave off cravings?

Here are some examples of foods, on lists that are far from exhaustive, for all those who don’t know what to eat when they have a snack between two mealsand better learn to calm cravings.

How to deal with cravings?

It’s 7 p.m. You come home and there, can’t wait for dinner. You haven’t listened to yourself all afternoon and you feel weak.

And above all ready to eatnay, to devour everything that comes to hand: small cakes, chocolate, cheese, sausage, aperitif mixes… Everything is good to calm this irrepressible hunger. And there’s no question of eating slowly, you throw yourself on these “snacks”.

A food craving is a feeling of hunger so strong that it is almost uncontrollable. In this case, it is better to have planned something to calm hunger quickly, such as snacking on a mixture of dried fruits. We particularly like diverse ensembles like the Tibetan mixture (also called high energy blend).

Low-calorie foods for cravings

It really is hunger! Otherwise, it is a want to eatit’s not the same. And even an apple can make you gain weight if you eat it when you’re not hungry!

• 100 g the white cheese at 20% fat = 80 kcl
• 1 yogurt with plain whole milk = 67 kcal (1/2 skimmed: 47 kcal)
• 1 apple or 1 fishing or 1 pear =  environ 75 kcal
• 1 carrots = 40 kcal
• 100 g the strawberries (environ 6) = 36 kcal
• 1 tomato = 22 kcal
• 1 slice of bread (20 g) = 50 kcal
• 1 glass of milk 1/2 skimmed = 75 kcal
• 1 glass of tomato juice (150 ml) ) 24 kcal

Caloric foods… eat wisely!

Some foods are small but big… in calories! These foods have a low volume, but a large number of caloriesmost of it in the form of sugar. Here is a non-exhaustive list.

• 2 candy = 40 kcal (= 2 sucres)
• 4 squares (20 g) of milk chocolate = 110 kcal (= 2 sucres 1/2)
• 1 cereal bar of 20 g = 110 kcal (= 5 sugars)
• 2 little butters = 84 kcal (= 3 sucres)
• 1 snack cookie = 75 kcal (= 2 sucres 1/2)
• 1 cone of 2 scoops of ice cream = 160 kcal (= 4 sucres)
• 1 part of Mocha cake (100 g) = 522 kcal (= 13 sucres)
• 1 glass of soda (20 cl) = 80 kcal (= 4 sucres)

The wrong reflex! © shurkin_son

How to compensate for “fast” sugars?

This sugar, called “fast”, has a high glycemic index. It will cause blood sugar to rise very quickly, then bring it back down just as quickly: it will therefore create a hypoglycemia which will lead to wanting to eat these sugary foods again. A vicious circle that diabetics know well, and that everyone should avoid.

Better to eat (only if you are hungry, it’s always the same advice! Otherwise it’s snacking in its “desire to eat” version, so the intake will be stored and not spent) something else with these very sweet products : if possible a food that will lower the glycemic index, such as a slice of wholemeal bread, natural yogurt, a tangerine or clementine, nuts (unsalted nuts, hazelnuts, almonds, etc.!).

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