Why are some people overweight? There are many reasons - they do not play sports, eat junk food and, most importantly, they overeat. Why do we sometimes eat much more than the body requires?
Instructions
Step 1
There are two hormones that are directly opposite and at the same time perfectly complement each other - these are ghrelin and leptin. The first is associated with stimulating appetite and increasing food intake. When you have nothing in your stomach, ghrelin starts to enter your bloodstream. Then the signals go to the hypothalamus, which directly affects human behavior in matters of food. As a result, a person has an appetite, and also a feeling of hunger.
Leptin is a hormone in adipose tissue with the opposite function. It is produced after the stomach is full. Leptin regulates energy metabolism and reduces appetite.
Thus, it turns out that the reason for overeating is due to the fact that we are simply missing the signal of satiety.
Step 2
Dopamine is another hormone that is associated with food absorption. It is generally accepted that it is dopamine that is the chemical factor responsible for brain reward. In addition, it is believed that the function of dopamine boils down to the following - not to be responsible for pleasure, but only to anticipate it. We smell delicious food, we see it, and the result is a surge in dopamine. In the modern world, food can be found anywhere - in stores, on billboards, and so on. Therefore, it is not surprising that the dopamine surge can occur many times a day, and this in turn is a direct road to overeating.
Eat more than usual due to various food additives and sugars that block the satiety signal. The more you eat foods containing fructose, the less you will feel like you are full.
Step 3
What size your serving size matters. The fact is that the brain does not immediately receive a signal that you are full. By visually assessing the portion size, a person can eat until the plate is empty. Serving volume is also associated with calorie content. For example, vegetables that are associated with healthy food are often ordered double the size, believing that low-calorie meals can be eaten in unlimited quantities. However, this is far from the case, and eating healthy foods in double and triple sizes will of course lead to overeating.
Step 4
The more you watch TV while eating, the more you eat. This happens because we are distracted by what is happening on the screen, which means that we again release a signal of satiety and again overeat. There is another factor, similar to the TV, because of which we eat more - this is communication. Try to eat yourself and at the same time talk to someone. You will find that much more will be eaten in a company than alone.
