Increase quality to decrease quantity.

 Do you often think that a lack of willpower is the problem when it comes to regulating your diet?

If you are trying to lose weight or just simply want to improve your health don't think of decreasing your calorie intake, think about increasing your food quality.  Amazingly enough, if you are able to do that caloric intake will decrease on it's own.

 So what goes on in our body when we consume poor quality foods that results in us wanting to eat more??

     In short, our body needs nutrients, like vitamins and minerals, to stay in good health and if it doesn't receive these nutrients the brain will keep asking for them.  Poor quality foods such as, refined carbohydrates, artificial sweeteners and low grade meats lack in many of these essential nutrients and because of that our brain insists we eat more in order to receive these missing pieces.  Used as a survival technique back in the day when we didn't need to think about all this stuff, our brain is simply trying to keep us nourished even though we may be over consuming calories.

    I'm not insisting you go out and buy only bulgar wheat and alfalfa sprouts, I'm simply saying....

Whatever you eat, try to chose the best quality of that food. 

 If you want to eat a cookie try to find the best cookie with the most natural ingredients you can.  If you want to eat pizza, find the best pizza place that has the freshest ingredients.

Be proactive and care about your health.