One of the big challenges people have getting leaner, eating healthier, and staying that way is when they spend years trying to solve a problem that (for all anyone knows) isn't even the real problem in the first place.

(Not even the thing they think it is.)

It's quite the pickle.

What do you do in those cases?

That, dear reader, is where understanding "toxic hunger" comes in.

It's astonishing how many people spend years thinking cravings, headaches, fatigue, irritability, light-headedness, and the urge to eat again a couple hours after lunch all come from needing more food.

People who sell diet plans have long known how easy it is to get people worked up about portion control, calorie counting, meal timing, discipline, motivation, and all the other usual suspects... even when the thing driving them back into the pantry might simply be that a diet of low-nutrient foods creates withdrawal symptoms..

You just have to know what kind of hunger you're dealing with in this case.

It's too much to go into here.

But, I've written about it before.

In fact, consider this:

What if the thing sending you back for another snack isn't hunger at all?

What if headaches, fatigue, irritability, cravings, and that restless feeling you get a few hours after eating have less to do with needing calories and more to do with cellular toxicity, oxidative stress, inflammatory by-products, and withdrawal symptoms from a diet low in micronutrients?

Best part?

The answer to that question is ridiculously simple.

You don't need to white-knuckle your way through cravings. You don't need to spend your life fighting your appetite. And, frankly, you don't even need superhuman discipline. Anyone who eats nutrient-rich foods in abundance notices something interesting. Cravings and excess hunger diminish when nutrient requirements get met, the brain receives the signal, appetite dies down, and the desire for more calories falls. But, if you want the shortest version, then increase micronutrient density and the job gets done.

Anyway, yes, most diets try to overpower cravings.

And, no, that doesn't mean they go away.

But, remove the cause, and that usually works a lot better than fighting them.

And, it tends to work in a way that's so simple it just might astound your righteous self.

The goal isn't eating fewer calories.

The goal is desiring fewer calories.

If any of this interests you, my books on Amazon go into it in more detail.

Otherwise?

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