Keep Your High-Fat Cravings at Bay

I don't know about you all, but this scenario certainly happens to me when I have been dieting and restricting my calories to shed fat. Read on.

You've been on that diet all week. Salad, rice, baked chicken, oatmeal, fish, fruits, veggies. You've monitored the fat grams and your caloric intake very carefully. Then, at the end of the week, you are craving high fat foods and want to eat in abundance. Why is that?

When this happens, it is more likely that your body is deficient in EFA's (Essential Fatty Acids). When your body consumes too few of these good fats, the temptation to devour all kinds of fattening foods, the ones rich in the "bad" fats, will sometimes feel overwhelming.

Do not succumb to these urges, instead increase your intake of EFA's so that you are able to keep those cravings at bay. This will enable you to stay on course and continue shedding that unwanted fat. The last thing you want at the end of a great week of dieting and working out is to feel that all of your hard work was for nothing.

Fish, particularly of the cold-water variety (salmon, mackerel, sardines), are high in EFA's. Supplements like flaxseed oil and fish oil are also both high in EFA's and should be consumed in the amounts of 2,000 mg per day.

Well, this has been an incredibly busy and rewarding day for me. We officially launched our retail store to the press and got a lot of interest in both our company and our message of "Healthy. Fit. Living Fully."

Let me know if the above suggestion helps with your high fat cravings. And have a great weekend. Cheers!

Sandy Huard, President, Women's Health Supply International