162. The Surprising Way to Stop Sugar and Carb Cravings
About this episode
In this episode, Kim Hynes discusses how sleep deprivation affects cravings and emotional eating, particularly in women experiencing menopause.
Welcome to the Emotional Eats Podcast! Are you thinking about food all day long? Grabbing something sweet with your coffee? Finding yourself in the pantry at night wondering why you can't stop? You may assume you're to addicted to sugar, lack willpower, or just need more self-control. But what if the real problem isn't the food? What if your body is simply exhausted? In this episode, Kim explores one of the most overlooked causes of emotional eating, cravings, food noise, and weight struggles: sleep. You'll learn how poor sleep affects your hunger hormones, blood sugar, stress response, emotional regulation, and even the reward centers of your brain. If sugar feels impossible to resist after a bad night of sleep, there may be a biological reason why. This conversation is especially important for women in perimenopause and menopause, when hormone changes, nighttime wake-ups, anxiety, and blood sugar swings can make cravings feel overwhelming. In This Episode: • Why sleep deprivation increases hunger and cravings • The roles of ghrelin, leptin, and GLP-1 in appetite and fullness • Why sugar and processed foods become harder to resist when you're tired • The connection between…
People in this episode
Host: Kim Hynes
Topics covered
- sugar cravings
- carb cravings
- sleep deprivation
- emotional eating
- menopause
- hormones
- hunger hormones
Keywords
- sugar addiction
- hunger hormones
- ghrelin
- leptin
- GLP-1
- blood sugar
- emotional regulation
- menopause
- sleep improvement
- food noise
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