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Home » How to lose weight safely » Brain expert’s diet tip which she claims will stop you craving treats forever – Mirror Online

Pretty much all of us have made an effort to lose weight or eat healthier at some point or another, but it very rarely lasts as long as we would have liked.

Those delicious treats or easy takeaways always seem to win, defeating out battle against the cravings and ruining our diet completely.

But according to neuroscientist Susan Peirce Thompson the reason you edge back towards your old favourites isn't really your fault, and it's actually all to do with our brains.

Writing for the Mail , she explains that our brains haven't caught up enough to help us process modern food that is filled with sugar and flour.

When we have too much of these things insulin in our bodies rises, blocking leptin - a hormone that tells our brain we've had enough to eat. This means we will keep eating and eating, which isn't good news for the diet.

She claims that the sugary foods also flood our brains with dopamine, and trying to reduce it makes us crave more of it to get that same 'hit'.

Susan believes the key to overcoming this is to get rid of the foods that 'handicap' our brains by following four rules which she calls Bright Lines.

They are...

Susan considers this the most important of her four rules, writing: "Only by taking sugar our of the equation can the brain and body heal".

This means all sugar, including honey and sweeteners.

The same as sugar, Susan describes flour as a "sneaky seductress".

When you have a routine when it comes to eating, it takes the burden off your willpower as you know when the next meal is coming.

She recommends weighing all your food before you eat it so you know exactly what you're putting into your body.

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Brain expert's diet tip which she claims will stop you craving treats forever - Mirror Online

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