 [ Symptoms ] how can i decrease my appetite [ Disease ] let is say you have already had a healthy balanced meal so that you are not hungry hunger is a physical phenomenon and tells the body i need food for survival but your appetite appetite is a psychological phenomenon and is about i want food because it tastes great get stirred up that means you should be fine but you are getting tempted here are a few things you can do to quell appetite and rein in over eating 1 brush your teeth andor use mouth wash that will take the tastiness out of most foods 2 if you have to have something eat something that expands your stomach with few calories    a low cal soup lots of veggies 3 stay completely away from any sugary foods the refined sugar will cause your insulin to spike and you will end up with a ravenous appetite for more talk about shooting yourself in the foot 4 get plenty of sleep this keeps the levels of leptin a hormone that helps you feel satisfied high to help control appetite