You walk into a restaurant. You’re famished. It’s in your eyes and growling loudly from your stomach. Once hunger hits, it can’t be reversed until you eat. The beast must be satisfied. And the server knows it from how quickly your eyes devour the menu and lock in on an order. It’s easy for objectivity, rationality, and patience to go out the window as your body takes over. Your stomach—and brain, for that matter —kick start several processes that motivate you to fill your face with food as quickly as possible. You know what’s to blame for the hunger. But what else is going on behind the scenes, deep within your body’s appetite control center? It’s time to find out. Blame Your Hunger Hormones Hunger can seem to strike out of nowhere. But it really starts with the flip of a switch that fires up the neuronal network in your brain —mainly within the hypothalamus. These nerve cells within the hypothalamus are gatekeepers for your brain. They’re the key to allowing the bo...
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