11 Foods That Will Leave You Hungrier
3. White pasta. Just like white bread, white pasta is also one of those foods that leave you starving. It is fairly easy to cook it since so many people rely on white pasta for lunch and dinner. Although, a standard serving size of pasta is considered only half a cup of cooked pasta, most restaurants serve up to four cups of cooked pasta in a single serving.
When you eat large amounts of simple carbohydrates in one go, your pancreas start to overwork in order to produce more insulin. After a while, your body also secretes large amounts of sugar-managing hormone, which reduces your blood sugar levels and makes you hungry again.
Also, have you thought about the pasta sauce you are pouring over your pasta? If it’s store-bought, chances are that is overloaded with more amounts of hunger-causing sugar.
4. Juices. Mitzi Dulan, RD, author of The Pinterest Diet: How to Pin Your Way Thin says that juice is one of the favorite drinks of health-conscious people. However, many of these so-called healthy drinks are only composed of sugar of fruits, but devoid of the skin and fiber containing pulp. This simply means that drinking a glass of juice can increase your sugar level and then decrease it again, just to make you hungry for a second time.
A healthier option is to prepare a smoothie using whole fruits and add a spoonful of protein powder or nut butter to make you full and balance your blood sugar levels as well.
5. Fast foods. Decotiis says that ingredients included in fast foods work to increase your hunger pangs. For example, trans fat contained in fast foods harms the gut and lessens your body’s ability to secrete more appetite-controlling neurotransmitters such as serotonin and dopamine.
Moreover, the gastrointestinal tract quickly absorbs the fructose corn syrup found in desserts, condiments and buns, which then increases your insulin levels and makes you hungrier. Also, salt contained in fast foods can dehydrate your body and cause symptoms that emulate those of hunger. When you feel dehydrated, your body may be easily fooled into thinking it’s hungry again.
