Here is a link to an interview with Dr. David Lovell Smith, who recently researched hunger signals. What's interesting in this short interview is that he ties dysregulated eating (eating when not hungry) to a host of problems.
But what really surprised me is that he connects it to autoimmune disease. He discusses how an overloaded digestive system (not eating in tune with hunger) can have spillover effects on the immune system.
Thanks for the link Matt, interesting.
I’ve noticed that when I truly listen to that “EHS”,
I tend to eat very little. Even when I’m hungry, I don’t eat a lot once I get to eat.
I think most folk WAY overestimate how much food they need if they have a sedentary job.
Marc
Marc,
I’ve found on days when I have some intense exercise that I am more in tune with EHS as well.
Matt
“I think most folk WAY overestimate how much food they need if they have a sedentary job.”
This is so true…especially the older you get. But I have found
that most people really don’t want to believe it…
When I was in my late 20′s (be 60 this year) and a competative powerlifter, I once lost 30 lbs in 30 days to get to a lower weight class…from 195 to 165…
All I did was just eat a very small amount of food when I was hungry…and then wait for awhile, till I was really hungry again, and eat a small amount of food again and repeat this thru out the day. By the end of the 30 days, my hunger signals had really changed. I have not tried this method ever again but I really need to loose about 30 lbs…so I have been thinking lately to give it a shot again. And by the way…I really could not tell a loss in strength.
After reading the interview I am irresistably reminded of the comment made by Jaques Coustau on a TV documentary when he and his ship’s crew were eating boiled squid for the third day running – ” ‘Ungerrr iz ze bezt sawse” (‘hunger is the best sauce’, but it sounds so much better in his accent)