Cheat your body for a diet too...How to tell a fake hunger?
Apr 01, 2025
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Like April Fools' pranks, some experts say that sometimes cheating on the body can help you lose weight. The key is to deceive the body that he is on a diet, but he is not on a diet. What are some ways and are they really helpful for losing weight.
◇ Eat well for 3 days and starve yourself for a day...It's the best to burn fat?
First of all, not letting our body know that we are on a diet can be the secret to diet success.
When you go on a diet, you usually aim for news to lose weight. If we eat less every day, our body considers the current situation, which is less energy than it needs, to be in a crisis and saves fat as much as possible.
In other words, even if you exercise with the same diet, you will lose less weight than before. At this time, what you can think of is the diet method of '3 days of eating and starving for a day'. This means starting a diet and eating your usual diet for three days, then starving yourself for a whole day for the fourth day. This prevents the body from dieting.
Chae Kyu-hee, president of the 365mc Nowon branch, said "If you eat well and suddenly starve yourself for a day, your body can't respond and pull out the fat stored in your body as an energy source."How to burn fat better while eating calories similar to eating less every day" he explained.
If it is difficult to keep it every week every four days, CEO Chae recommended fasting once or twice a week. For five days, they eat regular meals and fast for a day or two. If it is difficult to fast all day, it is also a good way to eat ultra-low calorific food, which is a meal with 400 to 600 kcal.
◇Does diet require optical illusion?
If it is difficult to reduce the amount of food, put a small amount of food in a large bowl. Studies have shown that using the optical illusion effect, which appears to be a large amount, tricks the brain into feeling more full.
According to the Journal of the Korean Nutritionists Association published in 2022, a research team from Dongduk Women's University's Department of Food and Nutrition provided lunch to 36 women in their 20s over three weeks. In the first week, 400g was served in a bowl, in the second week, 300g in a bowl (optical bowl) larger than the first week, and in the third week, 300g in the same bowl as the first week.
As a result of the survey conducted afterwards, the saturation of the second week using the optical illusion bowl and the first week of eating more food were the same. On the other hand, even if they ate the same 300g, satiety was higher in the second week than in the third week.
The research team analyzed that it was affected by visual 'cognitive intake' rather than actual intake. In other words, I was full even though I ate less calories by tricking my eyes and brain. A way to increase satiety can help you continue your diet.
◇ How to distinguish fake hunger?…If you want to eat at least this at night, you're really hungry
On the contrary, it is also important not to fall into the 'temptation of food' sent by our brain. Especially when stressed, the brain wants compensation, and at this time, stimulating food can be found on a whim. At this time, let's shake off our night appetite through the 'fake hunger discrimination method'.
Representatively, there is a 'Broccoli test'. Assuming that you have no other food at home and only broccoli, if you have to eat at least this, it's 'real hunger'. Conversely, if you don't want to eat it, chances are high that it will be 'fake hunger'. In addition to broccoli, you can substitute vegetables that you don't usually prefer.
CEO Chae said, `A lot of stress on modern people can stimulate the brain center to act as a circuit for finding rewards"If you're stressed or can't sleep because of hunger, it's better to eat a small amount of healthy food such as almonds, boiled eggs, and bananas."."
◇The brain scientist tells us how to diet using 100% of the brain
There are other exotic diet methods that utilize or deceive the brain. Introduce the 「Brain Science Diet Method」 proposed by Professor Hyungjin Choi (endocrinologist) of the Department of Medicine-Brain Cognitive Science at Seoul National University.
The first is 'Practice with changeable thoughts'. This is a way to find and change healthy alternatives from addictive food. If you like cola, you can drink a calorie-free diet cola or find an alternative with carbonated water and gradually change it to drinking water later.
Next is 'Relieving stress with something other than food'. It is a way to control stress by enjoying sports, talking with friends, and hobbies. If you meet people outside, you should avoid cafes and restaurants and choose active places such as parks.
The last way is to imagine someone living a healthy life that is completely different from the current situation. Professor Choi once recommended that the patient imagine a life of farming after returning to farming"If you change a few factors in reality, you can achieve an effect similar to the real environment" he said.
Then "Sometimes you can change your life in the way you think"It's also good to imagine and try to change your daily life to be healthy" he advised.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
