How To Fix The Fatty Food Fixation!

Learn from our nutrition expert Naini Setalvad how to stop yourself from craving greasy foods high in unhealthy fat

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A guilt-ridden client recently confessed to me: Naini, I devoured an entire plate of French fries! I thought I'd have only one fry, but I just couldn’t stop myself.” I told her, I completely understand. We’ve all been there—at the mercy of the buttery croissants and the crunchy potato crisps.”

Your inability to limit your intake of fatty foods is not a sign of gluttony but of having a fat tooth.’ No, it’s not a dental problem. It is a wordplay on the idiom having a sweet tooth,’ where you crave sweet foods; having a fat tooth makes you yearn for fat-laden foods. The cause of both these cravings is one and the same. In the early years of humanity, when food was scarce, the body adapted to the storing of excess sugars and fat which it would use during periods of starvation. Today, we do not have the same scarcity, but the ancient defence mechanism is still intact. This is why we keep reaching out for high-sugar and high-fat foods even when we feel satiated. I am sure you are all aware of the ill effects of excess fat storage in the body. So, if you do not want to be inching towards a heart attack, pay heed to these tips to avoid having a fat tooth.