There is normal food that we eat everyday to get energy and nutrients to support life and then there are certain other foods that are unnourishing and lack nutrients, but we cannot just stop eating them even when satiety level has been reached. Most of these fall under the category of “hyperpalatable” foods and research says one can develop an addiction of sorts to them. It does takes a monumental amount of will power to stop at just one bag of potato chips! The smell, the flavour, the taste ? you can never have too many potato chips, right! Just like chips, there are other ?hyperpalatable? food that have ingredients like sugar, sodium, unhealthy fat, and certain synthetic ingredients that trigger the reward center of brain and stimulate the release of ?feel-good chemicals? that can put one in a constant state of craving, wanting to have more of such food. Also, since these foods are easily digested, they cause sharp rise in insulin and the subsequent dip causes imbalance in blood sugar levels, leaving one hungry within a short span of time. The problems with such food products is that they are high in calories, have unhealthy fat, sugar, and salt ? that not only lead to weight gain, but also increase the risk of life-threatening diseases such as high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, etc.  In this post, we list down 12 Foods you Can’t Stop Eating But you Should, not only to lose weight but to improve overall health as well.
12 Foods you Can’t Stop...