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    Apples make me hungrier - why?

    Posts: 411 Member
    edited January 8 in Food and Nutrition
    If I am hungry and eat an apple, in 20 minutes I am hungrier than I was before eating the apple! If I have some peanut butter or cheese with the apple I'm fine, I just can't eat an apple by itself. Any idea why?

    It kind of bugs me because I really like apples...

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    • Posts: 126 Member
      Good question, would love to know the answer as well considering the same happens with me lol!
    • Posts: 17,299 Member
      The same happens to me. I've been told it is the high sugar content and that sugar causes hunger. I don't really buy that since the same doesn't happen with other high sugar fruits like grapes. Just with apples. But I love apples, so I just ignore the hunger if I know I don't really need to eat more.
    • Posts: 1,897 Member
      Must be kick starting your metabolism.
    • Posts: 3,958 Member
      Must be kick starting your metabolism.

      :angry:
    • Posts: 3,863 Member
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      :angry:
      Turn that frown upside down.
    • Posts: 3,958 Member
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      Turn that frown upside down.

      no
    • Posts: 280 Member
      I think it has something to do with Siri
    • Posts: 2,564 Member
      Quizas because an apple is only like 60 calories.
    • Posts: 928 Member
      A girl I work with says the same thing. So you're not alone. Personally, I've never had that problem. No idea what causes it though.
    • Posts: 1,166 Member
      Dude, apples are 90-95% carbs. Once in your stomach it turns to energy almost immediately. Combining it with some protein or good fat (nuts) will definitely help with that empty feeling after eating that sweet, juicy, delicious apple. No......seriously.
    • Posts: 2,670 Member
      Must be kick starting your metabolism.
      :laugh:
    • Posts: 4,710 Member
      I predict that this thread will contain the words blood sugar and/or insulin.

      Wait for it...
    • Posts: 4,710 Member
      Quizas because an apple is only like 60 calories.

      And I get fuller when I add more calories to it. Weird, huh?
    • Posts: 618
      Aren't apples a negative calorie food?

      Thats what I read on the internet.....
    • Posts: 411 Member
      I'm glad I'm not the only one to whom this happens! I just try and chug a glass of water when the second blast of hunger hits.

      The carb thing makes sense. Thanks!
    • Posts: 93 Member
      Same thing happens to me! Unless I eat them with a little peanut butter! YUM.
    • Posts: 2,121 Member
      Aren't apples a negative calorie food?

      Thats what I read on the internet.....

      LSD skittles are also negative calorie food.
    • Posts: 428 Member
      Aren't apples a negative calorie food?

      Thats what I read on the internet.....

      Are you a French model? :P lol
    • Posts: 618
      Quizas because an apple is only like 60 calories.

      A crab apple?
    • Posts: 120 Member
      I was eating an apple as I read this, knowing that I would likely get hungry soon. It's happened to me all my life, and it's kind of annoying, especially since I don't like my apples with anything added (PB, etc), but I really like them.
    • Posts: 213 Member
      I predict that this thread will contain the words blood sugar and/or insulin.

      Wait for it...

      It's a self-fulfilling prophecy!
    • Posts: 2,670 Member
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      LSD skittles are also negative calorie food.

      where do you find LSD skittles? i can only find skittle colored paper. it's very unsatisfying for the first 30 minutes, so i find myself eating too much.

      then the universe turns into a giant squid and i miss work
    • Posts: 741 Member
      I have just the opposite reaction.
      :smile:
      Try eating a pear...
    • Posts: 1
      Because apples are acidic, contribute to stomach acid and make you feel hungry..
    • Posts: 32 Member
      Have you tried eating a couple of apples instead of just one? There aren't many calories in one apple so I would recommend eating as many as you like until you're full.
    • Posts: 2,113 Member
      I was always told that apples have a lot of pectin and that's supposed to keep you fuller? Apparently because I believe it, it must be true, because I don't have that problem :wink:

      Maybe try adding a bit of protein--peanut butter, cheese--and that will help?
    • Posts: 127 Member
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      where do you find LSD skittles? i can only find skittle colored paper. it's very unsatisfying for the first 30 minutes, so i find myself eating too much.

      then the universe turns into a giant squid and i miss work

      :laugh:
      Made my morning.... THANKS!!
    • Posts: 384 Member
      If you add fat/protein to it --like cheese or peanut butter, as you observed -- it slows the absorption of glucose into the blood stream and thus you stay fuller longer because you've reduced the carb-induced blood sugar spike. That's my assumption.
    • Posts: 1,392 Member
      I used to tell people this all the time and they would look at me lke I had two heads....Apples make my tummy grumble almost right afterwards and they leave me STARVING !!!!

      SO what causes this?
    • Posts: 138 Member
      Don't have that problem ... but just in terms of nummy goodness ... I like an apple with a good old fashioned piece of cheddar or dipped in honey greek yogurt ... like I'm eating for breakfast now...
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