But Doc I’m Hungry…
I hear that nearly daily.
I had to eat something…
I was going to faint!
When was your last meal?
I would ask…
Lunch…
And it’s 4 PM now?
Yeah…
Really?
I’M STARVING!
So tell me what were you feeling?
My stomach was grumbling…
I had a headache…
I felt light headedness…
I got shaky…
I became grumpy…
I couldn’t think or focus…
When I ate the chips…
I felt better…
Immediately!
This is the problem…
Since so many of my clients feel a relief of these symptoms…
After eating…
They think these symptoms were caused by hunger.
The eating of a snack has now made them overeat…
And this undermines any attempt to lose weight
You need to understand what true hunger is…
I was taught st the university that these were the signs of hunger.
After being in the weight loss business of 38 years…
Bah Humbug!
After having 1000s of patients eat The Mac Diet…
A ketogenic diet designed for the hormonally challenged…
And aren’t we all nowadays.
It seems like it…
Anyways, I have learned…
That once you beat the disbeliefs we have about eating…
Like, once you get to your ideal weight…
You no longer experience these symptoms…
Even if you fasted all day!
True hunger…
Ask someone who hasn’t eaten in a few days…
Is felt in the the mouth and throat areas…
Not in the stomach and head!
So what are those symptoms?
The grumblings, lightheadedness and shakiness…
They are symptoms of withdrawals and detoxification.
I have heard my mentors call it TOXIC HUNGER!
It is exactly what your body feels when you have eliminated…
- Caffeine.
- Nicotine
- Cocaine
- Heroin
Yes, maybe not as severe as heroin…
But you get the point…
Your body wants toxins…
For some reason, the body loves addictive substances like those listed above.
When you eat a really clean meal…
Your body suffers from withdrawals from the toxic foods
You ate most of your life.
Did you know…
That false hunger is the primary reason lifestyle changes…
When it comes to your eating…
Fails!
That is why we developed The Vegetein Diet…
Nearly a decade ago!
The Vegetein Diet is a simple diet…
We found that it was important to do things to lose excess weight…
You had to feel the body with micronutrients…
Micronutrients cleanse and heal the body…
They are filled with polyphenols, carotenoids, bioflavonoids, etc…
God’s Medicine…
This comes from the vegetables found in our diet…
Eating from our vegetable list at every meal…
AND YOU DON’T NEED TO EAT THREE MEALS A DAY!
Science has shown that eating a micronutrient dense diet…
Will change your perception of hunger.
The other part of our diet is protein…
We have found that animal protein increases a hormone called glucagon…
Glucagon is the twin hormone of insulin.
Insulin moves sugar into cells where it is stored as fat…
Glucagon moves fat from the cell where it is turned back into sugar.
But we know how to trick the body into having that fat used as fuel…
Instead of being turned back into sugar.
More on that in a later post.
In summary:
True hunger is primarily felt in the throat.
True hunger is good for you…
It prevents the breakdown of muscle to be used as fuel…
Because when you have true hunger…
You will eat.
Think of False hunger as the devil on your shoulder…
It’s trying to ruin you…
True hunger is the angel on the other shoulder…
it says eat…
But just enough…
If you keep sabotaging your weight, hormones and health…
By not starting or quitting a healthy lifestyle…
Talk to me…
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