5 MORE reasons Why You Have A Big Appetite

Chromosomal Abnormality

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This is another genetic condition which effects a part of the brain called the hypothalamus. This is the part of the brain which regulates energy intake and use and contains a number of nuclei, one of which regulates hunger. When this malfunctions you may feel permanently hungry and over eat.

Depression

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Depression, especially if for a prolonged period, can cause an imbalance of chemicals in the brain and hormonal deficiencies which can increase your desire for food enormously. It is however, just as possible that the same imbalance can curb your appetite just as quickly, causing yo-yo dieting and associated heart problems.

Lack Of Sleep

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When we don’t get enough sleep, in particular when we reach extreme levels of fatigue our body’s leptin and ghrelin levels are effected. This causes an increased appetite as leptin levels in fat cells, which are responsible for telling the brain when we are full, go down, where as ghrelin levels produced in the intestinal tract and responsible for telling the brain when we are hungry, go up!

Not Enough Fiber Or Protein 

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Protein has apatite suppressors in it which keep your body feeling fuller for longer. At the same time fiber is a well documented way of filling you up quickly, hence if you are on a diet which is low in either or both of these essentials, you will inevitably feel less full and have a greater appetite.

Diabulimia

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Although not officially recognized as a medical condition, experts believe that it in fact effects almost one third of all young female diabetics. The condition occurs when insulin dependent diabetics skip an injection in order to lose weight. This causes huge fluctuations in appetite and can cause the binge eating associated with Bulimia.

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5 reasons Why You Have A Big Appetite

Feeling hungry all the time? This may well be because of some very normal circumstances. Perhaps you are pregnant, or putting in more effort than normal at the gym. However, there are also a number of different medical conditions which can also cause you to have a big appetite, termed hyperphagia or polyphagia.

Stress and Anxiety

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Stress causes the brain to make corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) and adrenaline, which actually suppress  your appetite. But if this stress persists, the adrenal glands release the hormone cortisol, which serves to increase your appetite. In extreme cases, cortisol production may stay elevated causing excessive hunger.

Worm infestation

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Intestinal worms, such as Tape Worms can exist in the intestine for an extensive time, without you knowing. They typically rob the body of essential nutrients and proteins which cause you to feel more hungry more often and can be attributed to over eating.

Hypoglycemia

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Low blood sugar is another reason why you have a big appetite. Hypoglycemic symptoms such as hunger, fatigue, headache, confusion and shakes can be caused by over-exercising and not eating enough carbohydrates or by starvation dieting. In these cases, the hypoglycemia is short termed, and blood sugar levels are restored when you eat. But if you have liver disease perhaps caused by excessive alcohol consumption, the hypoglycemia becomes chronic and you have the urge to eat all the time.

Hyperthyroidism

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This is a an autoimmune disease affecting the thyroid. The thyroid serves to increase the body’s metabolic rate, so an over active thyroid will cause you to burn calories too quickly and hence increase the body’s appetite for fuel in the form of food.

Prader-Willi Syndrome

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PWS is a genetic condition and the most common cause of genetic obesity, due to the stimulation of an appetite hormone called ghrelin. Ghrelin is also responsible for the pleasure reaction to high calorie foods.

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