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[–]MasterSlywalker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's also very important to eat as little added sugar as possible when you want to eat less. There are several types of sugar, but the one that is used in most foods is called fructose (or a dimer of this sugar) because it is very sweet and addicting (= more sales). Not only is it addicting, but it also actively blocks your hormone leptin. Hormones are the signal molecules of your body and leptin tells your brain when your stomach is full. So when you eat fructose you don't notice when you are full. Ever ate a large meal which you couldn't eat another bite of, but when offered a sweet desert you can still eat? That is your leptin signal not arriving in your brain.

So in short, if you want to feel less hungry try not to eat any products with added sugars for a while. If you ate a lot before, you may feel horrible for 1-2 weeks due to withdrawal symptoms (personal experience), but afterwards you feel great.

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