A good appetite is a sign of good health.
While the lack of hunger can lead to various problems up to anorexia.
If you do not want to eat more than a few days in a row,
it's time to think about how to increase your appetite.
12 ways to increase poor appetite
October 10, 2021
How to increase poor appetite: useful tips
Loss of appetite can be caused by stress and other problems.
Feeding yourself through force is not worth it.
You need to solve the problem and make sure that your body asks for food again.
There are little tricks that will make your body want to eat:
- Eat a little, but often. Our stomach is much better at perceiving food in small volumes.
- Drink plenty of clean water, up to 2 liters per day.
- One of the most common causes of loss of appetite is dehydration.
- Remember that you need to drink water even before you begin to feel thirsty.
- Thirst is a signal that your body is already dehydrated.
- Prepare delicious and beautiful food. Don't ignore the proper presentation of dishes, even if you eat alone.
- Use all sorts of spices and seasonings.
- They perfectly contribute to the appearance of appetite.
- Eat at the same time.
- Do not interrupt the appetite with harmful snacks like candy and buns.
- Drink vitamins, especially in the autumn-winter period.
- Quit smoking. Addiction to tobacco discourages appetite.
- Lead an active lifestyle, play sports and walk outside for a long time.
No wonder people say "to gain appetite".
How to increase appetite in an adult: folk recipes
Some herbal preparations can improve appetite.
Appetite-stimulating plants include plants with bright tastes.
Here are some recipes for a good appetite:
- 1 tsp. dried wormwood pour 1 tbsp. boiling water. Let it brew.
- Take 1 tbsp. l. three times a day before meals.
- Make a fresh of 4 carrots and a bunch of watercress.
- Drink the resulting drink once a day half an hour before meals.
- Three times a day before meals, drink 1 tsp. aloe juice.
- To make it not so bitter, you can add a little honey to it.
- Mix wormwood, dandelions, yarrow and willow bark in proportions of 1:1:1:2.
- Take 1 tbsp. l of the resulting mixture and pour it with 1.5 tbsp. boiling water.
- Let it brew for half an hour.
- Take half a glass three times a day 20 minutes before meals.
Appetite is stimulated by fresh vegetable juices, red dry wine.
Wine should not be abused, but 50 ml of this noble drink 15 minutes before meals will significantly increase appetite.
If you follow all the tips described above, but the appetite will not return, consult a doctor.
Perhaps your body is trying to tell you about some disease and therefore refuses to eat.
Expert opinion
Svetlana Makarova
Health
Endocrinologist (diabetes school), Scientific Clinical Center of JSC "Russian Railways"
- First you need to understand the cause of this poor appetite.
There can be many of them:
hormonal imbalance, problems with the digestive system (gastritis, pancreatitis, liver failure, etc.),
renal or heart failure, oncology, psychological factors (stress, depression).
First of all, it is necessary to exclude health problems
and understand whether there are concomitant diseases
in order to then contact a narrow specialist.
For example, if a woman has problems with the cycle and with appetite,
then it is likely that this problem should be consulted by a gynecologist.
If a person has pain or heaviness in the stomach after eating,
belching and other symptoms, then you should contact a gastroenterologist.
Prolonged deficiency in the blood of thyroid hormones
slows down metabolism and leads to a decrease in hunger,
then it is important to consult an endocrinologist.
From general recommendations: to do a general analysis
and biochemical analysis of blood,
to find out the level of thyroid hormones,
to undergo ultrasound of internal organs,
to do gastroscopy and, in some cases, colonoscopy.
A decrease in appetite until its complete absence can be a manifestation of mental illness
or the influence of various psychological conditions,
for example, depression, insomnia, apathy, fatigue.
A condition such as anxiety can trigger the central nervous system
to release stress hormones that slow digestion and reduce appetite.
In such cases, it is necessary to identify the problem
and realize its causes with a psychologist,
if necessary, to get the right medical treatment from a psychiatrist.
If there are no all of the above problems,
and a person simply refuses to eat, then, most likely,
there may be individual characteristics and preferences of taste
and smell of food, perhaps he simply chooses the food
that does not suit him/ her, so you should just experiment with the diet.
Helena
