When you eat the foods you like with foods you’re not particularly fond of, your brain will eventually start associating gross food with the pleasure and comfort you feel while you’re eating unhealthy food. Have you heard of “the Oreo method”? Basically, it’s eating healthy food around unhealthy food. Notice how your body feels after you eat healthy foods versus after eating fatty foods. You may not like the taste of healthy foods as much as the sugary, salty foods, but your body sure does. When you put your mind to something, you can achieve anything! Start believing you like to eat your vegetables and soon enough you actually will!Īnd, get your body on board. This matters because the next time you eat healthy foods, your brain’s pleasure sensor will light up, pretty much “rewiring” your brain! Cool, right? Pair your healthy food with happy thoughts and music, or a positive event, and your brain will start to associate healthy food with positive experiences. Make a positive connection with your food and you’re more likely to eat it. When you practice eating your vegetables, you’re forming a new habit, making it much easier to continue eating healthy foods. That applies to eating, too! Keep eating your vegetables, and eventually your brain grows used to the taste. Something you’ve disliked in the past could be your new favorite thing! Try that kale… you never know! It’s absolutely key to eating less sugary and salty foods.īe adventurous! Try new foods you haven’t tasted before! Like your mom always said growing up, “You never know what you like until you try it.”ĭon’t be afraid to try something you haven’t tasted in a while either. That will you up faster, and force you to think about what you’re eating. (Number 9 might surprise you!)Įat more slowly. Here is a list of great foods you can eat to help cleanse your palate. It’s a simple way to “reset” your taste buds! Well, palate cleansing is also helpful to quitting cravings. You might’ve seen people cleansing their palates at wine and cheese tastings, to truly appreciate actual tastes. You’ll kick your sweet & salty craving habit for good! Next time you’re about to give in, just remember these 9 fast and easy ways to reprogram your taste buds. Ok, ok it’s you.īut really, what can we do? After all, with over ten thousand taste buds, and with your brain constantly craving fat, sugar, and salt, no wonder it’s tough to cut sugar out of our diets. But we have to: they’re not just addictive.
The truth is that if you were born after 1980, there’s a good chance you’re addicted to sugar.īut it’s not you. We all know how bad sugar is for us, but no matter what, we still crave it! Reprogram Your Taste Buds in just 9 Steps.
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