Why are you always hungry, even after you’ve eaten something?
Well, according to a new report from The New York Times it’s not because you’re not eating enough, it’s because you’re eating the wrong foods.
‘It may sound radical, but there’s literally a century of science to support this point,’ the report says.
In what is surely only the latest chapter in the never-ending argument over which diet is best, the report says that cutting calories can make people fatter, not thinner, because it makes you even hungrier.
‘Cutting back on calories as we’ve been told actually makes the situation worse,’ the report says, ‘When we cut back on calories, our body responds by increasing hunger and slowing metabolism. It responds in an effort to save calories.
‘The brain makes us hungry in an attempt to solve that problem, and we overeat and feel better temporarily.’
The answer, the report says, is not to eat less, but to eat better quality, high-protein foods, with more fat than sugar.
‘Cut back on processed carbohydrates and to get the right balance of protein and fat in your diet. A high fat diet is really the fastest way to shift metabolism. It lowers insulin, calms fat cells down and gets people out of the cycle of hunger, craving and overeating,’ the report says.
‘Cutting back on calories won’t do it. That doesn’t change biology. To change biology, you have to change the kinds of foods you’re eating.’
