Blood sugar that falls below normal values causes some symptoms to occur in the body.
How can hunger crises that give up dieting be controlled?
If we want to answer with a single sentence We can say that by feeding little and often. This week, our main topic is why to eat little and often?
WHY FEED LITTLE AND FREQUENTLY?
No matter what hormone imbalance you become obese, there is insulin hormone at the bottom of every problem. Because every hormone interacts with insulin.
The feeling of satiety occurs when the abdominal muscles are stretched and blood sugar rises. Sometimes a feeling of satiety does not occur even though a lot of food is eaten, and sometimes a feeling of saturation occurs even though a bite is eaten. High blood sugar creates a feeling of satiety. In that case, blood sugar should be kept at normal values in order to feel full.
As I mentioned in my previous articles, let's recall the duties of the insulin hormone. One of its functions is to take the sugar in the blood to the tissues, and the other is to store the blood sugar that it takes to the tissues as fat. If the secretion of the insulin hormone is controlled, the feeling of satiety becomes easier as the blood sugar will not drop too much.
Blood sugar reaches its highest value half an hour after eating. Insulin hormone is secreted to lower blood sugar. If blood sugar is checked 1 hour or 2 hours after eating, it is seen that it decreases thanks to the hormone insulin. After 3 hours, blood sugar reaches its minimum value. If the insulin hormone is secreted too much, the blood sugar drops below the normal value in the 3rd hour. The decrease in blood sugar below the normal value is called HYPOGLICEMIA (low blood sugar).
Blood sugar falling below normal values causes some symptoms to occur in the body. This is why extreme hunger occurs. Along with hunger, tremors, irritability, concentration disorders, nausea, headaches and even fainting symptoms.
In this case, the person has to increase blood sugar. It attacks sugary foods or carbohydrate foods. So much so that in this case he eats like medicine. If he does not eat, he thinks he will die. Sometimes the symptoms are so severe that hospitalization is required. Raise blood sugar in hospital Sugar is given intravenously as serum to drink.
In order to avoid these hunger crises while dieting or in our daily diet, it is necessary to eat before blood sugar drops too low. Foods should be chosen from those with a low glycemic index. Bread made with sourdough whole wheat flour or einkorn wheat flour should be included in every meal, and sugary foods should be excluded from the daily diet. Along with bread, protein-containing foods such as meat, milk, yogurt, cheese should be included. Protein foods reduce the amount of insulin hormone secreted by slowing down the absorption of carbohydrate foods and preventing sudden rise in blood sugar. Thus, since blood sugar does not decrease, hunger crises can be controlled.
If this type of bread is not eaten at every meal, it may be necessary to eat sugary foods to raise blood sugar. This again causes a decrease in blood sugar and a hunger crisis. and sugar, which lowers blood sugar very much, should be removed from the daily diet.
The purpose of eating less and often with the right foods; It is to secrete less and frequent insulin. Reducing insulin hormone means; It means preventing blood sugar from falling. Non-falling blood sugar means preventing hunger crises.
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