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The Model Health Show

TMHS 809: 5 Surprising Things That Control Your Appetite

The Model Health Show

Shawn Stevenson

Fitness, Health & Fitness, Motivation, Wellness, Nutrition, Health, Sex, Selfhelp

4.8 • 7.2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever had days where you just aren’t that hungry? Or on the flip side, have you ever had one of those days where you can’t seem to kick your cravings? It turns out, our appetite can vary based on our hunger hormones and the factors that directly influence them.

On this episode of The Model Health Show, you’re going to learn the science behind appetite and five surprising things that control your hunger, cravings, and appetite. You’re going to hear how things like sleep quality, sunlight exposure, and even the temperature outside can change your desire for food.

This episode is full of interesting science on how the human appetite works, its important role in the body, and how its function can impact your body weight. Click play to learn five surprising things that control your appetite!

In this episode you’ll discover:

  • What the appetite regulating network is and how it works.

  • How your hunger and satiety hormones function.

  • The connection between optimal vitamin D levels and weight loss.

  • How vitamin D influences your metabolic function.

  • The role that circadian rhythm has in influencing your appetite.

  • How much sun exposure to aim for each day.

  • The surprising science behind how the temperature affects hunger levels.

  • How leptin and ghrelin are impacted by sleep deprivation.

  • Why you need sleep nutrients for whole body health.

  • The best whole-food sources of potassium, tryptophan, and magnesium.

  • Which nutrient has the strongest correlation with decreasing body mass.

  • The importance of consuming water-rich food.

  • Why deficiencies can create hunger.

  • What post-ingestive feedback is.

  • How morning exercise can influence ghrelin levels and reduce cravings.

Items mentioned in this episode include:

  • Eat Smarter Family Cookbook - Transform the health, fitness, and connection of your entire family with the Eat Smarter Family Cookbook!

  • Sleep Smarter - Upgrade your sleep habits with strategies in my national bestselling book!

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Transcript

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0:00.0

You are now listening to the model health show with Sean Stevenson.

0:04.0

For more visit the model health show.

0:07.0

On this episode we're going to be diving into five surprising things that are

0:15.7

controlling your appetite. First and foremost let's take a quick look at where our

0:20.7

body's appetite driving force exists in the first place.

0:26.2

There's a specific area of the brain known as the appetite regulating network or ARN. It consists of distinct

0:33.7

circuitry in the hypophilamus to propagate and to

0:37.6

relay the appetite and our drive to eat. The appetite

0:42.1

regulating network is subject and this is the key to

0:45.6

modulation by excitatory and inhibitory messages from other areas of the brain and body.

0:54.6

So this is where our appetite is really centered,

0:57.7

the kind of master control station,

1:00.0

but it's being influenced by every other cell in our body, sending data back and forth.

1:06.0

And signals from Lepton and Grellen, these are our body's primary satiety and hunger hormones respectively communicate with the appetite regulating network

1:16.7

to establish the moment-to-moment regulation of energy homeostasis.

1:22.1

And that's what our appetite is really about. That's what

1:24.9

cravings are really about is driving us to find balance, to find homeostasis.

1:30.5

And there are many different reasons, biological and psychological and

1:35.3

environmental that can drive us to want to eat stuff. But again, just to

1:40.5

reiterate, our appetite is largely influenced by a variety of hormones and

1:46.6

neurotransmitters produced throughout our bodies from our gut to our muscles to our skin and more. Which leads us to number one on this list of five

1:59.6

surprising things that control your appetite, number one is sunlight.

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