To that end, it appears that taking your meal and blending it with a good amount of water (thick soup is best) will trap moisture around the solids, take longer for your digestive system to work through and keep you feeling fuller for longer.
A couple of years back, there was a great show on the BBC called "10 things you need to know about losing weight", where both of those concepts were detailed with scientifical experiements. (a torrent existed last time i checked)
Oh. Another one that I just thought of is to make sure you never let yourself get hungry. When you're hungry, your body goes into a sort of "starvation mode" and sends signals to your brain that tell it to seek out foods of very high calorie density. Sugars and Fats. MRI tests have found that if you look at pictures of those foods when you're hungry they'll light up the pleasure centers of your brain. If you look when satiated, all food registers at about the same level of pleasure.
Protein stimulates the production or release of a hormone in your body called http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghrelin. Which suppresses appetite.
Another food "HACK" is soup.
To that end, it appears that taking your meal and blending it with a good amount of water (thick soup is best) will trap moisture around the solids, take longer for your digestive system to work through and keep you feeling fuller for longer.
A couple of years back, there was a great show on the BBC called "10 things you need to know about losing weight", where both of those concepts were detailed with scientifical experiements. (a torrent existed last time i checked)
Oh. Another one that I just thought of is to make sure you never let yourself get hungry. When you're hungry, your body goes into a sort of "starvation mode" and sends signals to your brain that tell it to seek out foods of very high calorie density. Sugars and Fats. MRI tests have found that if you look at pictures of those foods when you're hungry they'll light up the pleasure centers of your brain. If you look when satiated, all food registers at about the same level of pleasure.
When you're starving, doughnuts are like sex.