Overeating Flashcards
the solution to being overweight is to…..
reduce your hunger and desire to natural states
what is the motivational triad
seek pleasure, avoid pain, conserve energy
what happens to the brain when you concentrate and refine food?
you concentrate the response in the brain
what hormone creates more desire for food
dopamine
what does dopamine do as it relates to food?
it creates more desire for eating; the more we eat the dopamine pathways become desensitized and down regulated so you develop tolerance and it takes more and more (food) to give you the same dopamine hit
what happens in the brain to make us feel out of control?
we do something over and over and create strong neural pathways and the more we do it it then becomes and unconscious habit
how do you change an ingrained neural pathway?
you have to change your actions and deny it the unhealthy reward
what is the most important hormone in the obesity epidemic?
insulin; insulin is a storage hormone
the obesity epidemic is caused by too much _____ in the blood
insulin
what does leptin do?
it lets us know we are full - it’s supposed to tell your brain that you’ve had enough to eat
what does insulin tell your fat cells to do?
it tells them to store energy
what happens with leptin resistance?
the body doesn’t know you’re full and that you have enough fat so it tells you to eat more and decreases your energy expenditure
As leptin rises, your metabolic rate _____. As leptin falls, your metabolic rate _____.
increases
slows
how does too much insulin affect leptin?
it blocks leptin and stops it from doing its job - you end up feeling hungry - to fix this we’ve got to drop the amount of circulating insulin
what’s the difference between physical hunger and cravings?
physical hunger - a sensation you feel in gradual waves
cravings - a desire for a specific food or type of food
what is withdrawal?
a sensation you experience mentally and physically from a lack of sugar
what are emotions?
vibrations caused by thoughts
If you have a lot of insulin in your blood, can your body access its fat stores?
no; having too much insulin also blocks leptin
what does ghrelin do?
it stimulates appetite, increases food intake and promotes fat storage; when you eat your body reduces the concentration of Ghrelin
eating a lot of _____ keeps Ghrelin from working properly
refined food
Our goal is to keep our insulin levels ____ as possible. Insulin is artificially raised when we eat ___ & ____
as low as possible; sugar and flour
what should you stop eating if you want your insulin levels to drop?
stop eating sugar and flour and eat less often
what 3 things lead to overhunger?
- a hormone imbalance
- cravings
- withdrawal
how do we put our bodies into a hungry state?
by eating too often and by teaching our bodies to become sugar burners instead of fat adapted
