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Here is a summary of article I thought you might be interested in. How to deal with food cravings according to Stephen Gullo, PhD, author of Thin Tastes Better Larry Hobbs: How do you help patients deal with cravings? Stephen Gullo, PhD: I focus a great deal on cravings. People need to realize that a craving is not a command but just a feeling and feelings pass. The average craving lasts 4 to 12 minutes. The availability of trigger foods creates cravings. When people have those foods in their house they are more likely to crave them. To deal with them I take a very mechanical approach. First, it's necessary to break eye contact with the food and physically separate yourself from it. It's critical to realize the importance that the power of vision plays in creating cravings. I'm total against the idea of patients keeping food that they abuse in their house. Cravings are very predictable. You can also avoid them by eating every 3 to 4 hours. Here is the link to the entire article. http://www.fatnews.com/index.php/5228

How to deal with food cravings according to Stephen Gullo, PhD, author of Thin Tastes Better
Larry Hobbs: How do you help patients deal with cravings?

Stephen Gullo, PhD: I focus a great deal on cravings.

People need to realize that a craving is not a command but just a feeling and feelings pass.

The average craving lasts 4 to 12 minutes.

The availability of trigger foods creates cravings.

When people have those foods in their house they are more likely to crave them.

To deal with them I take a very mechanical approach.

First, it's necessary to break eye contact with the food and physically separate yourself from it.

It's critical to realize the importance that the power of vision plays in creating cravings.

I'm total against the idea of patients keeping food that they abuse in their house.

Cravings are very predictable.

You can also avoid them by eating every 3 to 4 hours.

Posted by: Larry Hobbs on Jul 17, 2012 - 9:50 am

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