▷ 🥇 Tips to combat anxiety before marriage

Sometimes our emotional state can affect our diet and cause compulsive food cravings. Sadness, bad mood, anxiety, boredom,…. so many reasons that can lead us to confuse the true sensation of hunger with the need to satisfy a void with food.

To combat this emotional relationship with food, we must learn to control our anxiety. We must also be able to recognize when we are really hungry. In addition, there are some little tips that will help us change our compulsive behavior:

• Before eating, ask yourself if you are really hungry.
• Stop eating when you feel full.
• Count to 10 before eating. It will give you time to think about whether you are really hungry or just impulsive.
• Eat 5 meals a day.
• Eat sitting down and take your time.
• Chewing slowly promotes a feeling of fullness.
• Try to always eat at the same time and in the same place.
• While eating, do nothing else (banned television)

In addition to these little tips, it is important to know what foods are and are not recommended to combat anxiety; and what makes us eat without being hungry.

Food NOT recommended

• Foods that contain a lot of sugar (increase heart rate, causing palpitations and nervousness).
• Coffee
• Fatty foods (cold meats, chocolate …)
• Highly salty foods like French fries
• Alcohol

Recommended foods

• Raw vegetables
• Raw fruit
• Water
• Dried fruits like walnuts or hazelnuts
• Cheese

Sport is also a good way to reduce tension and relax. The more relaxed you are, the more successful you will be in managing this anxiety.