2023-11-29 23:03:45
Many times, throughout the day, we find ourselves with spikes of sudden hunger. But did you know that it mightn’t be due to emotional hunger?
Hunger is a response to the decrease in glucose energy. If there is the amount necessary to maintain the functioning of the body, there is no need to eat, but when the brain detects that it has decreased, central signals are generated for the ingestion of food. However, there is emotional hunger, which appears suddenly and is more of an immediate need to fill yourself with something.
Stress, cause of emotional hunger
According to Gabriela Pineda, clinical and functional nutritionist, the causes of emotional hunger can be chronic stress, and this chronic stress can be emotional or work-related. “In fact, stress is considered the epidemic of the 21st century.”
Emotional hunger is associated with high carbohydrate foods
Specialists argue that emotional hunger is associated with high carbohydrate foods, so it is important to differentiate it from physical hunger.
When it is emotional hunger, it is felt in the throat… and it makes you crave something specific, for example some potatoes, a dessert (…) on the other hand, physical hunger hits you in the stomach, and it is hunger for any food. -said the expert Gabriela Pineda.
Finally, experts recommend taking breaks in the activity, not saturating yourself with cravings, and consuming water or infusions that can serve as a distraction for the palate.
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