On Wed, 23 Feb 2011 23:06:30 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>What causes hunger? I know the need for food. But I have eaten plenty
>enough food today. It just seems like nothing is enough. I don't normally
>get hungry at all. I do know that the amount of food I normally take in is
>the right amount of food. I have been eating after dinner and I know I
>shouldn't have. But I feel like I am starving.
>
>Oddly, Angela has been feeling the same way. I sent dinner with her to the
>dance studio. She did eat but she said she shared her food with some other
>kids. I had to get her early because of the snow. It is bad here. Lots of
>ice and record low temps. Could that be it? The cold?
>
>Anyway... She has an excuse. She's a kid and she is growing. She has
>grown an inch in about two months. I reheated the leftover soup that I made
>on Monday and she had half a bowl of that on top of the dinner she already
>ate.
>
>So does anyone know what causes the feeling of hunger when you've already
>had enough food?


It is a complex system of gut hormones at work. Ghrelin and leptin
and etc. etc. I have found that the more carbohydrates I eat the
hungrier I feel. Limiting carbs seems to also limit my hunger.

Evelyn