A lot of people who suffer from nervous hunger write to me to know how to eat less in the afternoon, which is one of the times when you are actually more likely to eat everything and end up overdoing it. The other time is after dinner, before going to sleep.
What happens first, why are we hungry in the afternoon? 
Late afternoon, from five to seven, is the time when the body is hungry for sugar: there are two main reasons why this happens. On the one hand, the body often goes into hypoglycemia if we haven’t had a proper snack around four, four and a half. Generally we have lunch at one, some have lunch even earlier, and after three hours of fasting there can be a drop in blood sugar, so the body asks for sugar.
In parallel, our metabolism is higher in the afternoon, and the more the body tends to burn, the more we can feel the sense of hunger for foods that provide us with immediate energy. To these two things, which are practically the same for everyone, add the environment: there are those who switch off from work at five, there are those who start cooking, there are those who, after having had a busy morning, when they got up. even very early, he has those hole hours right before dinner. Situations that clearly offer free rein to nervous hunger.
How can we adjust to avoid the afternoon hunger trap and how to eat less when we shouldn’t? 
After explaining why this happens, on page three I give you three practical tips plus a little trick.