WHY do those "shotgun" carbs make you hungry?When you absorb sugar into your blood quickly, your body pumps a lot of insulin (IN-soo-lin) into the blood. Insulin is a hormone. Its job is to help move sugar out of the blood and into your cells, where it can be used for fuel. It's like gasoline for your cells.
Hmmm... Your smart brain forgot that you just finished a big meal a few hours ago. Why? –Because the sugar and fat from that meal isn't in the blood anymore. So, you feel hungry and obediently go to the refrigerator looking for something to eat. When this happens again and again ... and again and again, guess what? --You get fat. Your cells don't need that much fuel. So your body stores it as fat. And the extra fat keeps piling up. |
But with your body pumping all that insulin, the
sugar leaves the blood too quickly. And when this happens, your brain gets a
signal that means: "Hey! I have to eat something fast or I might starve!"