How To Stick To A Diet: Experts Say Train Those Taste Buds

Having a healthier lifestyle can be great but it is not easy. In fact, there are different struggles people who wants to be inclined in the path of wellness usually encounter. Studies say that fighting the urge to eat delicious yet fatty and sugary foods is one of the battles these people often face.

People working on their way to be healthy knows how hard it is to focus on a natural diet. Not just because healthy foods do not taste as delicious as fast food delicacies but because the body is genetically designed to crave food that has high on calories and high on fat, Shape posted.

The process of getting fit would also require more time to show any result. That is why most people would end up getting impatient with the process and just give in to these tempting mouth-watering foods.

A recent study conducted by food psychologist Marcia Pelchat can give these people a new hope on how they can endure their struggle. Her research shows that despite how addicting processed foods are, there is still hope to revert the craving to the natural goodies that are healthier for the body.

Pelchat's subject to her study include people who have been given "not very yummy" low-fat, vanilla-flavored drink regularly for two weeks. Days after the study have been conducted, these people started to crave for this drink despite its taste. Experts finally concluded that no matter how worse a healthy food or even a vegetable might taste, once it is taken regularly, the person's taste buds can eventually adopt to it.

Joanna McMillan, a fitness and wellness doctor, also shared through Coach that another way to keep once diet is not to focus on its effect alone. It could be a great help if people will learn to embrace the process and enjoy every minute of it. "This is not about going on a diet - it's about making small, holistic changes to your lifestyle that brings you joy - like eating a nourishing meal with friends or doing some kind of enjoyable exercise with people you love."