Every person in his life felt the urge to eat. What is this? It turns out that this feeling that appears in the mind or is physically felt in the human stomach. And depending on the form of manifestation, they share appetite and hunger.
When is the desire to eat hunger?
Hunger is a physiological sensation, a bodily signal that reports a lack of nutrients for the normal functioning of the body. Feeling of hunger is felt with an empty stomach, sometimes it can cause headaches and dizziness.
When there is a desire to eat, it can be either hunger or appetite. If a person does not care how to satisfy the lack of food, then this is hunger.
You are hungry if:
- desire to eat is growing gradually;
- unpleasant sensations appear in the stomach;
- the body "requires" high-calorie foods;
- there is a feeling of relief after eating a small amount of food;
- when satiety occurs, stop eating.
Appetite comes with eating
Appetite is a psychological dependence when a person “experiences” a situation with the help of food.
An emerging desire to eat is an appetite if:
- desire to eat appears instantly;
- the desire to eat something appears in the head, while in the stomach there is no feeling of emptiness;
- I want to not just eat, but something unusual, tasty;
- less than an hour has passed since the last meal;
- after the main meal you can’t refuse yourself a dessert;
- when you see a dish, you want to try it.
The desire to eat is, in a word, the satisfaction of a person’s psychological dependence.
Appetite in children
Children may not pay due attention to eating, so parents should pay attention to what, how much and when a child eats, in order to avoid health problems later.
Appetite is determined by the degree of hunger. However, there may be hunger, but there is no appetite, and the child does not eat. Lack of appetite is imaginary and true.
With an imaginary lack of appetite, the child is in weight norms for his age, but it seems to parents that he does not eat enough. Therefore, parents seek to feed the child a large amount of food, eating more often.
Parents should be wise to the child’s diet and not make him overeat. If his body develops normally and does not feel hunger, it is not necessary to increase the portion size so that the body’s metabolism is not disturbed by overeating.
A true lack of appetite may indicate the presence of a disease. When a child is really hungry and does not want to eat food, this serves as a signal to consult a doctor for advice.
Increased appetite in children
In schoolchildren, changes in appetite may be associated with changes in school life. A decrease in appetite may mean the presence of a disease, or maybe just a schoolboy decided to lose weight, "take up the figure." Then parents should pay attention to this, so that refusing food does not bring the body to exhaustion. Together with a nutritionist, develop a menu for the child.
If the student does not have a desire to eat, this may be due to a violation of the diet, so you need to analyze the child's school day and adjust the meal time.
If at school the child receives a full breakfast, then do not give money for snacks: rolls, cakes. To improve appetite, the child should spend more time in the fresh air. Reluctance to eat may also be associated with a change in taste preferences.
Parents should monitor the student’s diet and add and modify it if necessary.
Causes of Appetite
The desire to eat is, in a word, a need that can manifest itself in different ways. This is either a desire to really satisfy hunger or to try something new, or to “experience” problems.
Since appetite is a psychological addiction, you need to figure out what causes it.
Appetite can provoke:
- desire to try a new taste;
- internal experiences: problems at work, at home;
- different psychological states: loneliness, irritability, resentment, anger;
- a habit, for example, when a person sits at a computer, he definitely needs to eat something.
Therefore, when there is a desire to eat, it can be a fraudulent feeling. We need to figure out what exactly caused this desire. Try to mentally go back and remember under what actions, thoughts it appeared. Understand the situation, survive it, then the desire to eat may recede or cease to be so strong.
When a person is hungry, he can eat any food, the stomach still does not taste. He only feels full when filled. Taste reveals the receptors of the tongue, and this affects the presence of appetite. To satisfy your appetite and not overeat, you need to keep small pieces of food on the tongue for the longest time so that the receptors fully reveal the taste of the product.
How to get rid of hunger
If a person wants to bring his body back to normal, he goes on a diet. And here it is very important to correctly deal with your hunger.
How to deal with the urge to eat:
- eat often, but in small portions;
- consume foods with a low glycemic index, then hunger will be suppressed;
- include foods rich in fiber in the diet , with their help you can achieve satiety by eating a small amount of food;
- drink at least 1.5-2 liters of water per day;
- eat slowly, chewing food slowly;
- remove sweets so that they do not catch the eye: cookies, cakes, chocolate, sweets.
In order for the signals about food intake to reach the brain in time and at the same time the person does not overeat, one must not eat:
- on the run;
- in front of the TV, computer;
- refuse or minimize the intake of spices, as they increase appetite.
How to fool the desire to eat? This can be done using the following psychological techniques:
- prepare dishes with the same number of calories, but a larger amount;
- make a sandwich higher due to additional lettuce leaves;
- eat from smaller plates, while they will be completely filled, this is better than a large half-empty plate.
Conclusion
Do not forget that overeating has a bad effect on human health, so you need to control your appetite. To maintain a good athletic form, the normal functioning of the body, it is enough to satisfy hunger, and an analysis of the psychological state of a person will help get rid of increased appetite.
You need to be careful about your internal signals and eat when it is really necessary. Do not succumb to the deceptive desire to eat, if the body does not require "additional recharging."