Re: Is it really hunger? Mouth vs. Stomach Hunger

[Guest guest]

If I'm reading your question right, I've heard this called " mouth

hunger " as opposed to " stomach hunger " . I don't know if it's right

or not, but this is how I deal with it...

When I get a taste for something, I figure it must mean that my body

is craving this thing for some reason... I mean, your body isn't

going to crave a calcium pill, or a syringe of potassium. Your body

is going to translate it's needs by giving you a taste for something

that contains the things it needs. And it's going to do it in a way

that's going to compel you to comply with it's needs (by tasting

good to you)...

For example, yesterday I seriously wanted a strawberry/banana fruit

smoothie. I wasn't feeling (stomach) hungry, I just wanted the taste

of one so bad. So I figured, perhaps my body wasn't getting enough

of whatever vitamins are in stawberries and bananas. This was my

body's way of compelling me to take in these vitamins it needed

(because I like smoothies!)

A few days ago, I really got a craving for cereal, when I realized I

haven't had much milk lately, perhaps I have a calcium deficiency.

Perhaps this was my body telling me I needed calcium, and how to get

it in a pleasurable way...

See how it goes? Anyway, thinking this way *calms* me and gives me

an explanation, so that I can be patient and *wait* for the next

time I am stomach-hungry. Then, I eat these things I have a taste

for, and the craving goes away, I've satisfied my taste cravings,

and (hopefully) given my body what it's asking for.

Anyway, hope this helps...

Meg

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> > How can I tell if I'm really hungry, or I'm just having some

reflux

> or

> > heartburn? Like I just ate an apple and scrambled eggs, so I

kind of

> > know I'm not hungry, I think the apple's giving me slight

hearburn.

> > But it almost feels like hunger burns, just without that empty

> feeling.

> >

> > C

> >

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[Guest guest]

I never thought of it that way - in terms of a deficiency but it is

worth being conscious of.

Sometimes I also find that a drink of water or piece of sugarless

gum helps too.

I think this issue of mouth hunger is something I'm going to keep

focusing on as I really get started on the IE process.

> > >

> > > How can I tell if I'm really hungry, or I'm just having some

> reflux

> > or

> > > heartburn? Like I just ate an apple and scrambled eggs, so I

> kind of

> > > know I'm not hungry, I think the apple's giving me slight

> hearburn.

> > > But it almost feels like hunger burns, just without that empty

> > feeling.

> > >

> > > C

> > >

> >

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