Real Hunger vs. False Hunger...
J72FIT
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Found this article, was a good read. Food for thought (pun intended)...
http://bingeeatingtherapy.com/tag/real-hunger-vs-false-hunger/
http://bingeeatingtherapy.com/tag/real-hunger-vs-false-hunger/
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I liked this, thank you. I've been thinking a lot lately that I've been interpreting every sensation in my upper abdomen as hunger. I'm trying to think now, is it anxiety, is it high acidity?0
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Interesting, but the information is off on one thing and that was a bit frustrating. It acts as though hunger is the cue by which we should decide whether we need food, and that before that, we're in a neutral state, where our body is functioning well. That's just not true.
Hunger (slight hunger) is the last sign that you need food (and just continues to get more intense). Your body starts wanting/needing food for a period of time BEFORE it triggers whatever we experience as hunger (same with feeling full - it takes a while for the body to register fullness and trigger the response that makes us feel full.).
While I understand the article is trying to help those of us who have a hard time eating too frequently, or misjudging signals, it also gives erroneous information about what the hunger impulse actually is.
And there are some schools of thought that eating when you are hungry tends to lead more quickly to overeating, in general.
https://health.usnews.com/health-news/blogs/eat-run/2012/07/25/worst-diet-advice-only-eat-when-hungry2
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