What causes eating without hunger.

There, when the famine is not in sight - fun modern humans. It is difficult sometimes to refuse when you offer another enticing smelling snack. Those who lack the will power to say, "Thank you, I'm not hungry"?

Unfortunately, the power, when the body is physically there does not need to, not only leads to unpleasant sensations of gravity, but also fraught with dangerous consequences for the health. In a recent study 45 students were asked to rate their degree of hunger before you eat a serving of foods high in carbohydrates, which is known to be capable of causing a sharp rise in blood sugar levels. Then, after a meal, blood glucose levels were measured students at regular intervals.

As a result, it was found that the level of sugar in the blood of students that before the food intake of not experiencing hunger, was higher than in those who had moderate hunger. Study author David Gal (David Gal), associate professor of marketing at the University of Illinois at Chicago, is of the view: "When we are not hungry, your body is not ready to absorb nutrients. When we are hungry, we are more susceptible, that is physiologically ready to absorb nutrients, including glucose

. " A single sharp rise in blood sugar will not kill you. But if these bursts will be repeated over and over for a long time, the mean blood glucose levels may remain elevated. The glucose level is determined using A1S analysis (blood test for glycohemoglobin). (According to the National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive system diseases and kidney USA (The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases), considered normal rate below 5, 7%.)

"If such sharp glucose surges will occur constantly, in the end, your average A1C hemoglobin increase," - said the instructor Diabetes Tami Ross (Tami Ross) in an interview for the section of questions and answers about diabetes resource Everyday Hals (Everyday Health) from 2013. "It is known that people with elevated levels of hemoglobin A1C over time increases the risk of complications, such as cardiovascular diseases»

. Why is there such a need is, if we are not hungry? In the "modern atmosphere of consumption," as David Gal, we are "constantly surrounded by food information»

. The food, which stimulates brain receptors, causing pleasure - such as hamburgers, pizza and chocolate - it is easy to find in restaurants, grocery stores and supermarkets. Even when we do not eat on this diet constantly reminds TV or social networks. As a result, we want to have, regardless of whether we are hungry or not.

According to another study, there is one more reason why we often continue to have, although it was not hungry. Researchers from the University of Texas at Austin found that we tend to think of "healthy" foods as less nourishing, so eventually eat more than really necessary.

In order to keep from overeating, David Gal recommends ignore external stimuli, such as the availability of chocolates, which are easy to buy right at the cash register in the store, and instead listen to the internal signals of the body.

"We eat all the time, but not because they are hungry, but because they see something that looks delicious," - says David. "We eat almost on the machine, simply because food is in front of us».

David advises, "look at the nutrition from the perspective of inner feelings - how you feel hungry." "And stop eating", - he says, - "when there is no more hunger."