by janet | Jul 25, 2021 | The Placebo Diet, Weight Loss
There are two big players when it comes to the drive to eat: as with all body signals there’s one hormone to turn it on and one to turn it off, and the balance of the two determine the overall outcome and whether you are eating, eating, eating and not stopping. The...
by janet | Mar 29, 2021 | The Placebo Diet
WHEN it comes to how we eat, we are creatures of habit and many of our habits – especially our bad ones – are created without us realising. If you want to break a bad habit the key is to know what triggered it in the first place. There are three steps through which a...
by janet | Nov 22, 2020 | The Placebo Diet
Is there something you would like to do but haven’t because you think it’s outside your comfort zone, BUT you’re actually more uncomfortable not being able to do it? Think about that for a second, you might need to re-read the sentence to process it....
by janet | Jun 9, 2019 | The Placebo Diet, Weight Loss
Have you ever stopped to ask yourself how you benefit from your comforting eating behavior? Would you suddenly get a knife and slash away at your arm to relieve boredom, or to feel comforted? Of course not – that would be madness! There’s a name for that type of...
by janet | May 27, 2019 | The Placebo Diet, Weight Loss
Ghrelin is known as the “Hunger Hormone” and it’s the key hormone involved in stimulating your hunger. It’s produced primarily by the stomach, with smaller amounts being released in the small intestine, pancreas and in the brain. Ghrelin travels to the hypothalamus...
