Rujuta Diwekar, Kareena Kapoor’s nutritionist explains why your “healthy” eating habits might be causing more cravings

Late-night snacking, sugar urges, and emotional eating can gradually throw off healthy eating patterns, making it harder to maintain balanced nutrition. Celebrity nutritionist Rujuta Diwekar, known for working with stars like Kareena Kapoor, shared in an interview with Tweak India that managing cravings doesn’t require strict diets or guilt-driven choices. She highlights how overanalyzing food can harm our relationship with it: “The minute you reduce food to carbohydrates, protein, fat, and calories, you begin to lose joy. You begin to second-guess every morsel that you’re eating,” she said.

The Problem with “Making Food Healthier”

Rujuta explains that constantly trying to modify food, like cutting out fats or limiting ingredients, often backfires. These changes can make meals less satisfying, which may lead to stronger cravings later in the day. “Your default becomes making everything less tasty than what it is. Even when you’re drinking milk, having whole-fat milk versus low-fat milk. When you’re eating an egg, having the whole egg versus just the egg white,” she explained.

Why Satisfaction Matters

According to her, eating complete and fulfilling meals plays a key role in controlling hunger and reducing late-night cravings. When the body feels nourished, the urge to snack unnecessarily decreases. “Because then you don’t crave for anything or any sugar later in the night. Then you’re not constantly going hangry because you’re like, ‘I want food, I want food, I’m not satiated,’” she said.

Mindful Eating Over Desperation

Rujuta emphasizes the importance of enjoying food consciously rather than eating impulsively or emotionally. Making intentional choices helps build a healthier connection with food.

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“You can actually eat and taste your food out of a decision and not out of desperation. Sugar is only a monster if you eat it out of desperation. If you ate it out of a decision to celebrate something, then it’s a wonderful thing to have,” she added.

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