Desperately Seeking Satiation
One Way to Notice Your Food
In my post on Tuesday, one of the issues I discussed is whether we take the time to notice what we eat. I speculated that in not paying more attention to our food we are never satisfied by it and consequently, perhaps, ate more. So it’s funny that a day after writing that I read an article in the March issue of “Bon Appetit” about adding spices to our food. In this article the author talks about his experience with a ravenous roomate, and how the only way to cut his appetite (and save on grocery bills) was to cook spicy foods. He then proceeds to discuss research that shows how spices have been found to help the brain regulate appetite by stimulating our brain’s satiety centers.
I could go on at length about how many spices have other health benefits such as turmeric, which has been found to slow down the growth ofthe brain plaque that causes Alzheimer’s disease, but I’ll save that for another post. Today’s take home message for the weekend is to add spice to your meals whenever, and wherever appropriate. Like my husband who has a collection of hot sauces (a small sample of which you can see in this photo), you can add spice to pizza, pasta, rice dishes, eggs, or just as a topping for bread. Even if it has no other benefit, it will make you pay much more attention to your food and, hopefully, help to reduce a ravenous appetite.
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