If you are constantly eating hamburgers, pasta, chocolate and chips, if you do not feel full, and if you eat whenever you want, be careful… Experts state that this situation triggers hedonic hunger. Not being able to reach the feeling of fullness can be prevented.
Eating Just for Pleasure Causes Health Problems
According to the news on Ekol TV, the new name for the danger is hedonic hunger, meaning ‘I’m full but I still eat’. You may have eaten 1 hour ago or you may actually be full right before going to bed at night. Despite this, when you crave something, you want to consume what you want immediately. This doesn’t just mean something optional. This may also be your discomfort.
THOSE WHO SAY ‘I’M FULL BUT I WILL EAT’ ARE AT RISK
Dietitian Sedef Aksu said, “When our bodies are hungry and we see delicious foods, the sight and smell of those foods triggers the stimuli in our brains, and thus, after a dopamine release, hedonic hunger occurs. This is actually exactly what happens when we say, ‘We are full, we consumed something’, but that sight, smell, taste and aroma start to encourage us to have hedonic hunger. Although this makes us want to consume foods that we enjoy, it leads to health problems in the future. It is directly related to obesity in particular.”
SOCIAL MEDIA IS TRIGGING
Dietician Sedef Aksu, who stated that social media triggers hedonic hunger, said, “When we go out, we need to go out on a full stomach. Instead of always being misled by smell and appearance, we should first pay attention to the content of the food. Also, since ready-made food consumption has become quite popular in recent years, we have difficulty preventing this. Always have pot meals at home. The biggest problem is social media because we see food videos there at night and we crave them. Then we order them immediately. This starts to trigger hedonic hunger.”