Amy Nicholson

called the protein threshold hypothesis that says when you get enough protein in your GI tract, your brain starts to create satiation hormones. the neuropeptide YY, the CCK, the leptin, to say to your body, all right, we got what we need, time to stop.

But if you're eating foods that are really low in protein, which is ultra processed foods, snacks, you will keep eating because your body hasn't hit that threshold yet of protein. And so this might makes it so usable to me. I said, oh, well, okay. If I want to have better control of my cravings, I need to increase the level of protein in my meals, especially early in my meal.

But if you're eating foods that are really low in protein, which is ultra processed foods, snacks, you will keep eating because your body hasn't hit that threshold yet of protein. And so this might makes it so usable to me. I said, oh, well, okay. If I want to have better control of my cravings, I need to increase the level of protein in my meals, especially early in my meal.

But if you're eating foods that are really low in protein, which is ultra processed foods, snacks, you will keep eating because your body hasn't hit that threshold yet of protein. And so this might makes it so usable to me. I said, oh, well, okay. If I want to have better control of my cravings, I need to increase the level of protein in my meals, especially early in my meal.

So that by the time I start to digest the protein, I start to get the fullness signals. And so I'm not diving into the cake or the dessert at the end of the meal.

So that by the time I start to digest the protein, I start to get the fullness signals. And so I'm not diving into the cake or the dessert at the end of the meal.

So that by the time I start to digest the protein, I start to get the fullness signals. And so I'm not diving into the cake or the dessert at the end of the meal.

Say you ate a meal. This happens to me all the time. Say you ate a meal and you did order dessert, but it took forever for the waiter to put in the dessert order and for it to come back. And by that time, your satiation hormones have kicked in, right? You were like, oh, I don't want it anymore. I'm done.

Say you ate a meal. This happens to me all the time. Say you ate a meal and you did order dessert, but it took forever for the waiter to put in the dessert order and for it to come back. And by that time, your satiation hormones have kicked in, right? You were like, oh, I don't want it anymore. I'm done.

Say you ate a meal. This happens to me all the time. Say you ate a meal and you did order dessert, but it took forever for the waiter to put in the dessert order and for it to come back. And by that time, your satiation hormones have kicked in, right? You were like, oh, I don't want it anymore. I'm done.

That is a very common way to kind of get over cravings is after a meal, just go for a walk or maybe you do something else before you reach for that dessert. And often your hunger hormones have kicked in and you are fine with not having that craving at the end of the meal. It's much harder, as you know. when your cravings are very strong. Cravings are the strongest pathways in our body.

That is a very common way to kind of get over cravings is after a meal, just go for a walk or maybe you do something else before you reach for that dessert. And often your hunger hormones have kicked in and you are fine with not having that craving at the end of the meal. It's much harder, as you know. when your cravings are very strong. Cravings are the strongest pathways in our body.

That is a very common way to kind of get over cravings is after a meal, just go for a walk or maybe you do something else before you reach for that dessert. And often your hunger hormones have kicked in and you are fine with not having that craving at the end of the meal. It's much harder, as you know. when your cravings are very strong. Cravings are the strongest pathways in our body.

They motivate us to move, to get up out of our seat, to get in the car, to drive across town and have that thing that we're craving. So it's often not as easy as just saying, oh, well just take a walk or distract yourself for 15 minutes. It just depends on how strong and how deeply rooted that craving might be for you.

They motivate us to move, to get up out of our seat, to get in the car, to drive across town and have that thing that we're craving. So it's often not as easy as just saying, oh, well just take a walk or distract yourself for 15 minutes. It just depends on how strong and how deeply rooted that craving might be for you.

They motivate us to move, to get up out of our seat, to get in the car, to drive across town and have that thing that we're craving. So it's often not as easy as just saying, oh, well just take a walk or distract yourself for 15 minutes. It just depends on how strong and how deeply rooted that craving might be for you.

Oh, I love the peppermint one. So peppermint oil or a dark chocolate with peppermint. Peppermint works to calm the craving centers in our brain. So what they did is they actually experimented on people who sniffed peppermint every two to three hours. And then they actually looked at their brain waves through MRI. And they found that those people who had sniffed the peppermint were much less likely

Oh, I love the peppermint one. So peppermint oil or a dark chocolate with peppermint. Peppermint works to calm the craving centers in our brain. So what they did is they actually experimented on people who sniffed peppermint every two to three hours. And then they actually looked at their brain waves through MRI. And they found that those people who had sniffed the peppermint were much less likely

Oh, I love the peppermint one. So peppermint oil or a dark chocolate with peppermint. Peppermint works to calm the craving centers in our brain. So what they did is they actually experimented on people who sniffed peppermint every two to three hours. And then they actually looked at their brain waves through MRI. And they found that those people who had sniffed the peppermint were much less likely

to have cravings for food than the people who didn't. So that's a really easy one. And you can allude that that would be true for, even though they use peppermint oil in the study, you can imagine that it could be like, you know, drinking a peppermint tea or having a peppermint dark chocolate. Like it could help you with those. There was another study,