Increased hunger is a dominant sign of Diabetes, however, no matter how much foods diabetics take, they become thinner and thinner. Constant hunger make us unable in concentrating what we are doing, so find a proper managing is very beneficial for diabetics. To explain the proper management of constant hunger in Diabetes, let's learn how Diabetes cause increased hunger firstly.
How does Diabetes cause increased hunger?
Diabetes is a medical condition that blood glucose can not be consumed by our body effectively. Because of failed consumption of blood sugar, blood sugar build up in the blood, leading to high blood sugar level.
Blood sugar is normally transformed into energy and then used by our body. However, as they can not be used effectively, insufficiency of energy supply occurs. Under such a condition, to meet the demand of our physical activity, our brain send sign of hunger. Generally speaking, the higher the blood sugar is, the more serious the constant hunger is.
How to manage constant hunger in Diabetes?
1. Prevent stomach from being empty:
Stomach hunger occurs when diabetic's stomach is empty, even if they have ingested enough calories and nutrients. Therefore, preventing stomach from being empty is very essential. To achieve this purpose, Diabetes patients can eat some foods like raw vegetables, pulpy fruits or grains which can stay in the belly longer. Besides, according to study, these foods take up more space than do sweets, tats and most proteins.
2. Avoid eyeball hunger
Make your food various. Food is not just fuel, but also a major source of pleasure and comfort. With simplex foods, you stomach maybe satisfied, but you may still have a strong desire to eat when you see other kinds of foods. Therefore, try to enrich your food types, not just amount.
3. Eat slowly
Eat slowly and try to drink much more water while eating which will help to full stomach.
Constant hunger is caused by insufficient consumption of blood sugar, so the above management only helps to remit control it, not remove it. If you want to get this symptom removed, helping our body to use blood sugar is essential.