What is food portion distortion?

Have you ever hear of that saying, my eyes were bigger than my stomach? For me I always tend to fill my plate with all the delicious-looking foods and then gorge myself and get overstuffed and end up a being miserable afterwards.

According to a CNN article, "When people overeat, it leads to irregularity in blood sugar. It also leads to obesity, which is a contributing factor to heart disease, hypertension, type 2 diabetes, inflammation and certain cancers," says Brigitte Zeitlin, M.P.H., R.D., C.D.N, dietitian at B-Nutritious.

This article discusses portion control no as just limiting your portion size and watching the things you eat, but give some helpful tip on different methods you can try to help find what works best with you.

Below are some of the tips:

• Serve yourself some bad foods.

The article recommends doing this because it can prevent those junk binge eating cycles.

• Ask yourself if you are really hungry.

"I always recommend the 5 S's of mindful eating: sit down, smell, savor, slowly chew and smile," says Susan Albers, Psy.D., a psychologist and New York Times bestselling author of Eat Q: Unlock the Weight-Loss Power of Emotional Intelligence. "

• Try eating with your non-dominant hand.

The CNN article suggest that this takes more concentration and makes you come out of “auto-pilot”.

“The key to success: Don't follow every tip about portion control that you hear. It's really about finding the select techniques that fit your personality, sticking with them and enjoying the benefits,” according to the CNN article.