Thursday, July 28, 2016

10 reasons why you are always hungry

Sometimes you have always hungry, always feel an irresistible urge to eat, as if your stomach was a bottomless pit. Apparently can not be a valid or obvious reason. So from what has caused this need to eat all the time? Hunger is a physiological need, which is influenced by many factors, including what we eat, the appetite hormones and emotional factors, such as stress. Excessive hunger can also be counterproductive, because it can affect with the consequences on our health. Here's what can push you to eat excessively.

1. Dehydration 

A slight dehydration is often disguised as a feeling of compulsive hunger. It may be that your body needs only fluid and brain occurs a confusion in the hypothalamus, the brain region that regulates both appetite that thirst. Prevention is the effective strategy, taking liquid and starting with a glass of water in the morning. If you're hungry and you have not drunk a lot, try drinking a glass of water and wait 20 minutes to see if your hunger disappears.

2. A restless sleep

Have a restless sleep, which makes you sleep little, may lead to increased levels of ghrelin, a hormone that stimulates appetite. That's why, after not having slept well, the body turns desperate for a boost of energy, triggering craving for carbohydrates and sugar even if you are not really hungry.

3. Eating too many carbohydrates

Another reason why you always have hunger is the fact that abundant in carbohydrates. white flour, sugary foods, sweets, biscuits they increase the levels of blood sugar too quickly, and then let them fall soon after and then triggers a vicious circle, for which we tend to eat more and more. The solution could be to eat more fiber.

4.Stress

When you're stressed, the body produces several hormones, such as adrenaline and cortisol. High levels of these hormones carry the organic system thinking they were under attack and needed energy. For that your appetite increases.

5. Drinking too much alcohol

Too much alcohol drunk before dinner triggers a feeling of hunger, even if the stomach is full. A study on the subject showed that people were more likely to consume more caloric foods after drinking alcohol. Better to alternate alcohol to water.

6. The need for more protein

Eating more protein means hold off the hunger pangs. Proteins are promoting a feeling of fullness. Most are fine sources of foods that satiate a lot, such as eggs, lean meat and greek yogurt.

7. Do not eat enough fat

Also eat unsaturated fats can produce a feeling of satiety. When you are satisfied after a meal, you have less chance to eat again. That's why you should add to your diet oils, nuts and seeds.

8. Skipping meals

You should never skip a meal because everything you can come back to haunt you. The empty stomach for too long produces a high level of ghrelin, the hunger hormone. As a general rule, you should try not to let pass more than 4 or 5 hours between meals and the other. If you do not want to have breakfast, eat at least something in the morning, like a yogurt, an apple or a soy milk smoothie.

9. Being bombarded with images of food

Facebook or television commercials: being bombarded by too many pictures of food stimulates the ghrelin levels, triggering an involuntary physiological reaction, such as increased salivation and stomach contractions.

10. Medications

Some medications that you take regularly could increase your appetite level. They do this effect, for example, antidepressants and corticosteroids.

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