Scientists Discover Hunger's Timekeeper

Bookman Old Style · Post by **Bookman Old Style** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 7:53 pm

Interesting research confirming what I've noticed anecdotally- I'm LESS hungry on N-days, up until a little before regular meal-times.

http://www.physorg.com/news170688849.html

"Researchers at Columbia and Rockefeller Universities have identified cells in the stomach that regulate the release of a hormone associated with appetite. The group is the first to show that these cells, which release a hormone called ghrelin, are controlled by a circadian clock that is set by mealtime patterns."

TexArk · Post by **TexArk** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 10:53 pm

Thanks for finding this Bookman. I find this intriguing. Our three regularly scheduled meals can set our hunger clock. BUT isn't it interesting that the response to the research is to try develop a DRUG for dieters!

NoelFigart · Post by **NoelFigart** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 12:09 am

TexArk wrote:BUT isn't it interesting that the response to the research is to try develop a DRUG for dieters!

You'd think that some bright entrepreneur would figure out a way to market a product that would basically be a meal schedule combined with portion control.

Hmmm....

jbettin · Post by **jbettin** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 2:19 am

This is encouraging news! I've been back to No-S-ing for about 10 days now, after a hiatus. I'm pretty sure that my problem last time was that I wasn't strict enough with the rules at the outset, and I didn't give my body time to adapt to a new schedule. I'd find myself starving in the mid-afternoon, so added a "mini-meal" (which in my case was just a euphemism for "snack") and then gradually slipped off track.

I'm hoping that this time, I'll be able to form new habits so that I won't have to continue expending so much mental energy worrying about weight control. That habit thang is HUGE.

wosnes · Post by **wosnes** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 10:25 am

NoelFigart wrote:
TexArk wrote:BUT isn't it interesting that the response to the research is to try develop a DRUG for dieters!
You'd think that some bright entrepreneur would figure out a way to market a product that would basically be a meal schedule combined with portion control.

Hmmm....

Yep, just what we need -- another drug for people who don't need it. That's pretty much what the pharmaceutical industry is based on.

Mavilu · Post by **Mavilu** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 10:45 am

Woah, welcome back, Noel!.

As to the article, see?, we knew it all along and this makes me think that eating all the time and at any time messes up with your hunger.

wintry · Post by **wintry** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 3:16 am

Incredible research! Until I tried this diet, I would never have believed I could train myself to not be hungry between meals.

harmony · Post by **harmony** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 3:36 am

When I first started No-S, I spent every night wondering if I would feel this hungry for the rest of my life. I toughed it out and stayed strict with myself. After 2 months, I can say that it is amazing how little real hunger I have - especially during my worst time before bed. (I'm still working on the emotional hunger.) From the third week on, the hunger got less and less and now I only feel a faint whisper of hunger at night.

In the beginning, I NEEDED my nightly glass of milk and now I haven't had one for at least a week and a half. I am a true believer that snacking hunger can be tamed (without a drug).

Post by **reinhard** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:00 pm

This is great, bookman -- I would have cited this in the book if I'd known about it (was going on mere common sense).

A particularly choice bit:

The new research suggests that the stomach tells the brain when to eat and that establishing a regular schedule of meals will regulate the stomachâ€™s release of ghrelin. â€œIf you eat all the time, ghrelin secretion will not be well controlled,â€ said Silver, the paperâ€™s lead author and the principal investigator of the study. â€œItâ€™s a good thing to eat meals at a regularly scheduled time of day.â€

TexArk wrote:

I find this intriguing. Our three regularly scheduled meals can set our hunger clock. BUT isn't it interesting that the response to the research is to try develop a DRUG for dieters!

Yeah, the most obvious solution isn't always the most marketable one

Great to see you here again, Noel!

Sorry I've been keeping such a low profile here recently -- dayjob is nuts.

Reinhard

jbettin · Post by **jbettin** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:56 pm

reinhard wrote:This is great, bookman -- I would have cited this in the book if I'd known about it (was going on mere common sense).

*chortle* Reminds me of something that Dennis Prager is fond of saying: most studies either confirm common sense, or are wrong.

Kathleen · Post by **Kathleen** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 5:02 pm

Wow! No wonder I had such a tough time adjusting to no snacking!
Kathleen

wintry · Post by **wintry** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:29 pm

Hm... I'm starting to think this research means I need to be VERY careful about snacking on S-Days or else I will untrain my stomach.

Anyone else snack like crazy on S days and then get more hunger pangs on Monday afternoon than on other days?

Kathleen · Post by **Kathleen** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:05 pm

Not anymore. I seem to adjust very easily from weekend eating to weekday eating. The ratio of 5 (N Days) to 2 (S Days) seems to make the routine be N Days.
Kathleen