The big idea of intuitive dieting is that your body knows what kinds of food you need—that it has an intuitive drive toward protein, carbs, and fats you can trust. Or perhaps it’s the trillions of microbes in your gut that send signals to your brain to generate that intuitive drive. Maybe your body knows what it wants to eat. The four additional principles of intuitive dieting are: try to eat when you’re hungry; try to stop when you’re no longer hungry; learn to cope with emotions in alternative forms, other than eating; and place no restrictions on types of food eaten unless for medical
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