Have Dessert
Give up your dignity to be in a relationship with someone way out of your league who doesn’t respect you? That’s totally worth it. So too is surrendering your humanity to exploit people in pursuit of becoming a billionaire. Fuck, life is about sacrifice and making trade-offs!
But give up dessert to have a better body?
Now, that’s completely unnecessary!
Most desserts are high in refined carbs, trans fats, and added sugars, making them calorie dense and easily capable of contributing to weight gain or difficulty losing it. But including dessert in your regular menu instead of shying away from it can help you stay in control of your cravings by preventing you from feeling like you’re depriving yourself, which is a common reason why people binge.
As long as you account for dessert in your diet and offset the calories with whatever else you consume during the day so you’re not above your recommended calorie intake, eating dessert with regularity won’t have a negative effect on your ability to lose or maintain your weight.
NOTE: Dessert can be eaten anytime but ideally, it should accompany a balanced meal instead of being consumed on its own on an empty stomach. That’s so the fiber and protein from the meal can help slow down the absorption of sugar from the dessert, which can have the effect of stabilizing blood glucose levels so there isn’t a rapid spike and subsequent crash that can lead to hunger and overeating later. Also, if following a meal with dessert, as is common practice, you should wait 15-20 minutes to give your brain time to register fullness from that feeding so you don’t take in more calories than are needed. The same time allowance goes for eating dessert prior to a meal, which has its own benefits.
Glossary: calories, diet, dietary fat
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