Hunger is a very difficult thing to deal with for any individual on a weight loss diet but fortunately, if you take the time to learn the foods that tend to cause the greatest amount of hunger and then stay away from them, this doesn't have to be a problem for you.
Let's discuss the top foods that cause hunger so you can see precisely what to avoid.
White Rice
The first food that could cause you to become very hungry shortly after eating it is white rice. The reason why this food is very problematic is because after eating it, you're going to get a large blood sugar spike, which is then followed by a sharp decline as insulin is released and comes and sucks all that glucose out of the blood.
(This spike is more noticeable if you eat a dinner with white rice than say a roast dinner where your carbs are from whole potates and vegetables. You could end up feeling very sleepy (and lose your usual mental alertness) soon after a meal with rice, even if the portion of rice is small, due the spiking effect. To get more nutrients from your rice add brown rice (50%) to your white rice or if your family does not mind your rice being less smooth (but tastier) then use 100% brown rice. Those precious B vitamins from your brown rice will help to boost energy and it also provides extra nutrients that have not been stripped away as in polished, white rice.)
As your blood sugar levels crash, this sets of the hunger signal in the brain that's going to prompt you to consume more food.
Sugary Cereals
The second food that can cause a high amount of hunger for much the same reason as white rice would is sugary cereals. Remember, always read the package label when purchasing any cereal that you plan to eat on your weight loss diet.
Very often you may think a cereal is a very healthy choice but upon further inspection you discover that it actually has a good amount of sugar listed on the label.
For complete hunger control from your morning meal, choose a cereal that contains NO added sugar such as oatmeal or bran cereal.
These will be far superior for helping boost the process of weight loss.
Snack Bars
Snack bars are also another problematic food as far as hunger is concerned. The big issue here is that these will tend to be very low in total protein and often fat content, so there's nothing to balance out the carbohydrates that you eat with them.
This results in that blood sugar spike that we talked about previously and will cause you to quickly experience an energy low.
As your energy level comes crashing down, you'll want to reach for more food to help bring it back up. This cycle can cause you to take in very high amounts of calories daily, moving you further away from fat loss.
Candy
Finally, it should almost go without saying, but candy is one of the worst foods as far as hunger is concerned. While you may feel like this gives you a good energy burst and quickly fills you up, that's just the sugar high talking.
Candy made from pure sugar is even worse for you from a diet perspective than snack foods that contain fat, because at least with the addition of fat you won't see quite the shoot in blood sugar levels.
Avoid candy at all costs.
So there you have the main foods to note if you want to control your hunger levels and succeed at your fat loss diet. A fat loss suppressant can also go a long way towards getting your hunger under control so that you aren't suffering from food cravings throughout the day.
