Out of nowhere, you suddenly feel an empty, slightly jarring feeling in your stomach. A growling stomach. You are hungry! It is a helpful reminder making sure you eat on time. Some people can set their clocks by it, others have fluctuating feelings of hunger and some do not feel anything at all! And what if you feel hungry again after you have just finished eating? What causes the feeling of hunger to return so quickly? It can be a major problem for people who are trying to lose weight.

Hunger hormone

Our bodies contain a fully functioning endocrine system. It’s amazing! And incredibly complex! Scientists already know a great deal about it, but there are some things that still remain unknown. One of their discoveries they made was that there is a hormone responsible for your hunger. It is called ‘ghrelin’ and it’s primarily secreted by your stomach wall. Smaller amounts of it are produced in your pancreas, small intestine, and brain. Clever, isn’t it, your body always creating a backup system when hormone production is down somewhere! If your stomach does not produce enough, another organ will produce extra.

Too much hunger

But what if you feel hungry too often? You cannot help but want to satisfy your hunger, making you eat more. And why do you feel hungry so often? It could be because you are not producing enough leptin, the opposite of ghrelin. Leptin is a hormone that tells your brain you are full. If you do not have enough leptin, your brain does not receive that signal, and hunger returns more quickly.

Obesity and ghrelin

The hormone ghrelin has a few other properties: it makes your body store fats better and it reduces fat breakdown. A major cause of obesity! And a major problem if you want to lose weight! In addition, you will feel hungry faster if you eat foods that digests quickly, such as pasta (spaghetti, macaroni), white bread or bread made of wheat flour. Check the label on your bread (if you still eat bread) to see if it is made with wheat flour. Flour is a poorly digestible form of sugar. During the production of flour over 90% of all vitamins, 80% of all minerals, and almost all of the fibre are lost. If you eat bread with made with wheat flour, it digests very quickly, and you will soon feel hungry again.

Eating enough satiating foods

Moreover, you can choose other foods that satiate you for longer periods of time. For example, foods such as nuts, oily fish, oatmeal, whole grain products, organic fruit with the skin on, beans, and vegetables. Especially Brussels sprouts, spinach, broccoli, and green beans as they are rich in fibre. This prevents unnecessary binge eating. On the internet, you will find many great tips for improving your diet with delicious recipes.

Good sleep helps you lose weight

People who do not get enough sleep produce too much ghrelin. Their bodies keep asking for food because it is tired. Therefore one should work on improving the quality and quantity of sleep. If you are having trouble sleeping read these articles to identify the causes:
“Sleep problems: difficulty falling asleep or inability to sleep.’’
“Difficulty staying asleep, lying awake, and the function of the meridians.’’

Hunger and the MIR-Method

Step 5 ‘Supplement all shortages.’ ensures that you start choosing different foods. Sweet foods start to taste far too sweet making you crave savoury, wholesome, and more satiating foods.
With step 6 of the MIR-Method, ‘Balance hormone system.’, you work on restoring the balance in your hormones, specifically the balance between ghrelin and leptin.
If you have emotional baggage that causes you to choose unhealthy foods, for example, because you crave comfort, you can work on that using step 3, ‘Detach father. Detach mother.’ and step 4, ‘Clear meridians.’ When you cannot let go of old grief, the lung and large intestine meridians are particularly disrupted.The more you learn, the healthier you become!

And what about you? Do you also notice that your hunger is less present by doing the MIR-Method? I would love to hear about it! Write it below, thank you!

Kind regards,
Mireille Mettes

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