You could have a specific hunger, that is presenting as general hunger.
Is there any food item you are avoiding for any reason whatsoever?
Or you could be on a multivitamin supplement and taking too much of it. Multivitamins are generally required in the metabolism of macronutrients and excess can sometimes cause symptoms of hunger.
Good questions and points.
I actually went to my doctor and he said that it could be one (or more) of three things (or not): 1) psychological. We all have an innate fear of starvation. It's genetic. Some of us manifest these fears more profoundly, to the point where our brains create physical and measurable symptoms to drive us to eat. 2) Hypoglycemia. I did a blood sugar test and it seemed to show normal. 3) "Incompatibility" with wheat and/or gluten. Some people would call it an allergy. He stated that we are greatly underestimating the damaging effects of over-consumption of wheat.
A typical day's eating:
Breakfast: Protein shake (made, in the blender, with carrots, blueberries, strawberries, scoop of whey protein powder, soy milk) & an avocado. Plus Metamucil (I've taken it for years because of colon issues earlier in life)
Snack: mixed nuts & cottage cheese.
Lunch: Salad of mixed greens, chick peas, grilled salamon, tomatoes, cucumbers, vinaigrette.
Snack: Egg beater omelette with goat cheese (yeah, I'm to lazy to cook when I first get up, so I usually eat this when I get home from work).
Dinner: usually fish or chicken again. Sometimes another avocado and protein shake. Perhaps another salad with grilled chicken.
I'm avoiding wheat as much as possible and I usually don't consume any refined carbs. I do, however, eat whatever I want on Sundays (it's my free day). I do run a lot, which burns somewhere between 1k and 1.5k calories, but I eat enough calories to replace what I lose.
Hunger is often as much stimulated by food consumption, as it is abated. Perhaps you could try altering the time at which you typically consume your final meal of the day.
Indeed. Eating before bed always causes me to wake up famished.
Eat five or six small meals a day with a larger protein to carb ratio and make sure that the last meal is around 10. In between snacks such as a handful of raw almonds are very good for curbing hunger.
Indeed.
eat more fiber. Its like eating rocks, it keeps your stomic full but doesnt provide aditional glucose which your body doesnt need
Done that.
AFAIK, he is on a gluten-free diet.
When I don't eat bread, I tend to feel there is something missing and I feel hunger.
If someone is strongly habituated to eating bread, and then they suddenly stop eating it, that could be connected to feelings of constant hunger.
I do love bread. I'd kill a small puppy for a piece of bread some days, but I find that my dizziness and extreme hunger is far less when I avoid wheat and high-density carbs.
super try eating some carrots. Good for you AND they are hard to digest so makes your metabolism work harder. No dressing , just some raw carrots. Works for me....
I hate carrots, though I do get my share in my shake in the morning.
. . . I'll keep you all posted.
~String
