Reference Daniela: Gunther excuse the question a bit 'stupid, I have noticed that we women are more taken by the sweet foods especially from snacks, there is an explanation it just me or is fixed in short women are more greedy men, or men better the mask?
Answer: the best camouflage. It is not a stupid question, there are foods for men and women, however, the physiological needs are different. There are reasons related to culture , all ' education and the division of gender roles home and family, until recently women did not even sedavano ate in the kitchen table, but almost hidden at any time between household work and the other, is no longer so, but there are still some distinctive characteristics in the culture of that kind of education.
The momentary appeal is part of a snack as a psychological hunger to find your comfort for which you are attracted by cookies. sweets, chocolate bars, chocolate, ice cream, soft drinks, in some cases, fortunately few, can turn into a disease that leads to weight gain and hunger of seizure. We must not turn the power to calm the nerves or as an antidepressant. There are also cases of people under stress eat less. In both cases we speak of a nutritional imbalance , a good therapist can help you gain a psychological distance between the events of life and eating behavior.
According to Ayurvedic medicine and Chinese medicine you have different explanations on the desires and food preferences. According to some ancient medical texts, it is said that many emotions are directly related to the nature of food cravings that a person can develop. For example, anxiety, stress and feelings of overwork coupled with the feeling that there is no time for themselves can usually lead to sugar cravings. On the other hand, a sense of fear and the fear of an imminent situation poses the need for salty foods and a sense of anxiety can make you want to sour things. Chinese medicine is also about character and claims that people from the quiet and calm temperament are inclined towards sweet cravings, while dynamic and aggressive people prefer salty cravings . Instead, the original and most creative people are attracted to the sweet and sour frugality.
In our modern society, but there are also other aspects more social that create a strong social pressure on women , weight control, physical fitness, not is unusual to see women in caloric restriction, during a meeting at a school for some tests, we found girls of seven and eight years with the first signs of caloric restriction, the use of a snack, which is not only chocolate, but also candy, is also a way to calm the momentary feeling of hunger.
Reading some food diaries on-line, it is not uncommon to see highly disequibrati meals, vegetable soup, fruit salad, a chocolate bar! The stress of dieting is to undermine, and diets too restrictive attention can be counterproductive, it is important to a personalized diet, which does not take into account only the calories of sugar protein and fat and their consumption, but also the approach to food.
Today we all live a life with many stress for both sexes, both with high expectations of ourselves that others impose on us the frantic pace of life and so we are constantly under stress, women's expectations for more the different roles, not only as wife and mother but also successful woman in labor.
Because I like to give a more compete information, I asked for help from a friend of mine Richard Wurtman, a researcher at the University of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, an expert in the relationship between the brain and appetite ( rdr mica Lupo Alberto)
Why are women more susceptible than men to desire for sweet?
Women produce less serotonin than a third man. Now, serotonin is probably overused in situations of stress, anxiety, nervousness, women to replenish their reserves earlier than men feel the need to rebuild them. This may explain why they tend to consume more sugary foods in stressful situations.
you think to break this circle, you can do something?
A balanced diet and not restrictive, a better distribution of daily calories, the practice of a sport activity Regular physical activity is also importante poiché aumenta la produzione di endorfine, enfatizzanti naturali dell'umore e migliora la condizione fisica. Le persone sottoposte a continuo stress dovrebbero prendere in considerazione di cambiare il proprio stile di vita, non è sempre facile, ci sono diversi metodi che aiutano ad prendere una vita con meno stress, ad avere un rapporto più equilibrato con il cibo, come il metodo cognitivo comportamentale, tieni presente che la serotonina è il principale messaggio di sazietà che arriva al cervello. C'è in commercio un precursore della serotonina come triptofano o 5-idrossitriptofano (che viene utilizzato per la depressione e l'insonnia), che aumenta la serotonina che arriva al cervello, che potrebbe fare sentire un senso di sazietà precoce, potrebbe aiutare ad evitare spuntini, però ripeto chi mangia dolci non lo fa perché ha "fame", quindi va prescritto solo in casi speciali e sotto controllo medico .
Un punto di vista interessante , questo lo ha capito molto bene la pubblicità dove le donne sono protagoniste degli spot e delle comunicazioni, non è casuale che oramai vengono posizionati alle casse dei supermercati, sei in fila magari sei in ritardo che devi andare a casa a fare la cena, a prendere i figli a scuola, una situazione ad alto rischio di stress, è un attimo che ti prendi uno snack al cioccolato.
No one has ever expressed so well the concept of "desire for something good" as the spot 90 years of Ferrero Rocher , She Wrote and Ambrose!
Are there any alternatives?
In these cases, when you take the desire for something good, opt for healthier foods to moderate content of sugar, a banana, an apple, a pear baked with a little cinnamon, a natural yoghurt, carrot, a cetrifugato of vegetables and fruits, do not forget that a mid-morning snack and afternoon snack is physiological and natural, if the cause is stress, however, please contact stress therapies. In summary eat to win stress is not good way especially if you want to have a reasonable weight.
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