Hear your tummy churning? Now and only now is the time to eat

[prasad1]

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Always ask yourself are you really hungry or just plain bored? If you tend to munch something or the other between your meals even when you are not hungry, it could certainly satisfy your taste buds but harm your health.
In contrast to people in traditional societies, people in contemporary societies often eat not on account of hunger but because tasty food is available. The widespread advertising of such food also bombards the consumer with the temptation to eat.
But the findings of the new study by David Gal from University of Illinois at Chicago suggest that it might be healthier for individuals to eat when they are moderately hungry than when they are not hungry.
The individuals participating in the study were 45 undergraduate students.

They were first asked to rate their level of hunger and then to consume a meal rich in carbohydrates.
To measure how the meal was impacting participants’ health, participants’ blood glucose levels were measured at regular intervals after they consumed the meal.
Blood glucose levels tend to rise after a meal containing carbohydrates and it is generally healthier if blood glucose levels rise by a relatively small amount because elevated blood glucose is damaging to the body’s cells.


The results of the study showed that individuals who were moderately hungry before the meal tended to have lower blood glucose levels after consuming the meal than individuals who were not particularly hungry before consuming the meal.
The study was published in the Journal of the Association for Consumer Research.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/healt...time-to-eat/story-xGkk02uVsbf053s60k27lJ.html

 

[renuka]

But its not so easy to only eat when one is kind of hungry.

I have tried doing that before but when I want to have my meal something or the other would come up and I would miss the chance to eat and I would start feeling a bit dizzy cos of low blood sugar.

That is why I sort of set my meal timings.


8am :Vegetable Juice

11am: Lunch

2pm :Fruits

4pm :Fruits

6pm :Light dinner

7pm:Warm drink


after 7pm no more eating.

Also I make sure I drink 2 litres of plain water a day.

Once we train the body to a specific routine it learns when to be hungry.

 

[vgane]

But its not so easy to only eat when one is kind of hungry.

I have tried doing that before but when I want to have my meal something or the other would come up and I would miss the chance to eat and I would start feeling a bit dizzy cos of low blood sugar.

That is why I sort of set my meal timings.


8am :Vegetable Juice

11am: Lunch

2pm :Fruits

4pm :Fruits

6pm :Light dinner

7pm:Warm drink


after 7pm no more eating.

Also I make sure I drink 2 litres of plain water a day.

Once we train the body to a specific routine it learns when to be hungry.

Envy you Doctor for your ability to control your taste buds! Healthy food indeed! Leading by example!

 

[renuka]

Envy you Doctor for your ability to control your taste buds! Healthy food indeed! Leading by example!

Dear Vgane ji,


Thank you but at the same time I have to admit that I tend to plan lots of stuff in my life like a rigid timetable...may be it works out well only for somethings but I also feel I tend to over-plan.

Over-planning might have its drawback too cos one would start feeling bad that if we did not adhere to it.

 

[Raji Ram]

There is a saying in Tamil: 'pasiththup pusi' which means 'eat (only) when hungry'! :hungry:

 

[Raji Ram]

Valluvar writes a kuraL which goes:

அற்றது அறிந்து கடைப்பிடித்து மாறல்ல
துய்க்க துவரப் பசித்து.
(குறள் 944: மருந்து அதிகாரம்)

aRRadu aRindu kaDaipiDiththu mARalla
thuikka thuvarap pasiththu

aRRadu aRindu – Understanding which would agree with their system to digest

kaDai piDiththu – keeping that as a regular food habit

mARalla thuikka – not going out of that habit (to a great and practical extent)

thuvarap pasiththu – only eat when really hungry.

Source: குறளின் குரல் – 950

 

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yes, i admit to this.
Eating when we really feel hungry is getting tougher due to too much junk foods and their abundant availability. Mainly physical exercise is almost zero to most of us

Even children fell into this !!