It Starts With Food: Discover the Whole30 and Change Your Life in Unexpected Ways

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hold you over until the next, eliminating your
desire or need to snack. And as you become
fat-adapted (a process that starts in just a few
days, but can take weeks to really kick in to
the point that you notice the effects), your
body will begin to utilize fat as fuel more
readily, helping you avoid between-meal
cravings, energy slumps, and brain fog.


SNACK ATTACK


In   general,    avoid   snacking
between meals because it turns
your eating habits into grazing,
and grazing can disrupt the
normal functioning of leptin,
insulin, and glucagon, and may
promote inadvertent
overconsumption. It may take you
a while to figure out the right-size
meals, though, so if you find that
you didn’t eat enough at any
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