Are your new Healthy eating habits sending you appetite in to overdrive?

 

When we change our eating habits for the better, particularly when we decrease the amount of processed, refined foods in our diet (think baking, white rice, bread, candy, and all things sugar). Our brain tries to signal to our stomach to eat. Bear in mind – the brains only source of fuel is glucose (sugar) so when we decrease the amount of fuel it has become accustomed to receiving it sends hunger signals to our stomach (looking for its energy source to be consumed).

 

It takes a few weeks for the necessary adjustment to be made and for the brain to learn to operate on a lesser amount of refined sugar. It will still utilize the complex sugars from fruit, vegetables and grains but the release of these sugars is slower and affects the brain differently.

 

Another reason your appetite may increase is the fact that your body’s digestion and metabolic functions are becoming more efficient and processing the food you are eating faster. There is nothing causing the digestive system to operate in a sluggish fashion anymore. The food you are eating is allowing the absorption and elimination pathways to function at higher capacity.

 

So when altering the way you are eating, don’t be alarmed by this increased hunger. It is only temporary and your body will adapt to your new and improved eating habits in no time. What you will be left with is a renewed sense of energy and a physique that will look, move and feel better.