Try `olive' the good stuff to fill up

Can't stop munching? Tear off a piece of chewy, whole-grain bread. Now dip it (not drench it) in the best olive oil you can find. Savour every flavour. And consider your snack-fest done. See, olive oil contains oleic acid, a monounsaturated fat that helps control your appetite. Upon reaching the small intestine, oleic acid triggers the production of oleoylethanolamide (OEA), another fatty substance, that finds its way to nerve endings that then tell the brain: "Hey. Stop eating! You're full!"

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