Why You're Always Hungry (Even After Eating)
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Dr. Ben Bikman explains the hormonal reasons behind constant hunger despite eating.
📢 Ask Dr. Bikman’s Digital Mind (multilingual): https://benbikman.com/ben-bikmans-digital-ai-mind 📢 Dr. Bikman’s Community & Coaching Site: https://insuliniq.com Dr. Ben Bikman explains why constant hunger is often driven by hormones rather than a lack of willpower. He begins by showing how meals high in rapidly digested carbohydrates can trigger large insulin spikes, causing fuel to move quickly out of the bloodstream and into storage. Even though the body has plenty of stored energy, the brain senses that available fuel has dropped and responds by making you feel hungry again. Ben then explores three key hormones that regulate fullness: GLP-1, leptin, and insulin. Some people produce less GLP-1 after carbohydrate-rich meals, while others become resistant to leptin and insulin in the brain, weakening the signals that normally reduce appetite and cravings. The takeaway is that persistent hunger is often a signaling problem rather than simply a discipline problem. By lowering chronic insulin levels and improving insulin sensitivity, the body's natural hunger and fullness signals can begin working the way they were designed to. References: For complete show notes and…
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