{"id":18665,"date":"2022-03-25T11:04:57","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T11:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/why-do-i-love-eating-so-much\/"},"modified":"2022-03-25T11:04:57","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T11:04:57","slug":"why-do-i-love-eating-so-much","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/why-do-i-love-eating-so-much\/","title":{"rendered":"Why do I love eating so much?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy counter-decimal ez-toc-grey\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" style=\"display: none;\"><i class=\"ez-toc-glyphicon ez-toc-icon-toggle\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/why-do-i-love-eating-so-much\/#Why_do_I_love_eating_so_much\" title=\"Why do I love eating so much?\">Why do I love eating so much?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/why-do-i-love-eating-so-much\/#Can_you_love_food_too_much\" title=\"Can you love food too much?\">Can you love food too much?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/why-do-i-love-eating-so-much\/#How_do_I_stop_liking_my_food_so_much\" title=\"How do I stop liking my food so much?\">How do I stop liking my food so much?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/why-do-i-love-eating-so-much\/#Why_do_I_care_so_much_about_food\" title=\"Why do I care so much about food?\">Why do I care so much about food?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/why-do-i-love-eating-so-much\/#Why_do_I_love_eating_too_much\" title=\"Why do I love eating too much?\">Why do I love eating too much?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/why-do-i-love-eating-so-much\/#Is_it_normal_to_always_want_to_eat\" title=\"Is it normal to always want to eat?\">Is it normal to always want to eat?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/why-do-i-love-eating-so-much\/#Why_do_I_love_food_too_much\" title=\"Why do I love food too much?\">Why do I love food too much?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/why-do-i-love-eating-so-much\/#Can_you_be_obsessed_with_food\" title=\"Can you be obsessed with food?\">Can you be obsessed with food?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/why-do-i-love-eating-so-much\/#What_happens_if_you_constantly_eat_too_much\" title=\"What happens if you constantly eat too much?\">What happens if you constantly eat too much?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/why-do-i-love-eating-so-much\/#Is_love_to_food_wrong\" title=\"Is love to food wrong?\">Is love to food wrong?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_do_I_love_eating_so_much\"><\/span>Why do I love eating so much?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>Our Brain Doubles The Pleasure For Every Mouthful, Study Suggests. This article is more than 3 years old. The first few bites of that delicious meal are triggering an irresistible double tap of dopamine in your brain, suggests new research.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Can_you_love_food_too_much\"><\/span>Can you love food too much?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Do you reward yourself with food and find you&#8217;re always overeating? <b>Treating yourself and overindulging occasionally is fine, but when it&#8217;s a regular occurrence you can end up feeling pretty rubbish. Overeating often makes you feel fatigued and lethargic.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_do_I_stop_liking_my_food_so_much\"><\/span>How do I stop liking my food so much?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>11 Ways to Stop Cravings for Unhealthy Foods and Sugar<\/b><\/p>\n<li>Drink Water. Thirst is often confused with hunger or food cravings.  <\/li>\n<li>Eat More Protein.  <\/li>\n<li>Distance Yourself From the Craving.  <\/li>\n<li>Plan Your Meals.  <\/li>\n<li>Avoid Getting Extremely Hungry.  <\/li>\n<li>Fight Stress.  <\/li>\n<li>Take Spinach Extract.  <\/li>\n<li>Get Enough Sleep.<\/li>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_do_I_care_so_much_about_food\"><\/span>Why do I care so much about food?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>When your body needs energy, it releases certain hormones, letting your brain know that you&#8217;re hungry. The result of these signals from the body may manifest as thoughts about food. Two of the hormones your body releases to the brain in response to its current levels of energy are leptin and ghrelin.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_do_I_love_eating_too_much\"><\/span>Why do I love eating too much?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>People who compulsively overeat, though, <b>may use food as their only way of coping with negative emotions. As a result, they often feel that their eating is out of control. They think about food all the time and feel guilty, ashamed, or depressed after eating.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Is_it_normal_to_always_want_to_eat\"><\/span>Is it normal to always want to eat?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Your body relies on food for energy, so <b>it&#8217;s normal to feel hungry if you don&#8217;t eat for a few hours. But if your stomach has a constant rumble, even after a meal, something could be going on with your health. The medical term for extreme hunger is polyphagia. If you feel hungry all the time, see your doctor.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_do_I_love_food_too_much\"><\/span>Why do I love food too much?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>Some people who overeat have a clinical disorder called binge eating disorder (BED). People with BED compulsively eat large amounts of food in a short amount of time and feel guilt or shame afterward. And they do so often: at least once a week over a period of at least 3 months. Not everyone who overeats is a binger.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Can_you_be_obsessed_with_food\"><\/span>Can you be obsessed with food?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Food obsession can come in varying degrees. Many times, however, it starts off innocently, like tracking macros for awareness or to achieve a goal and spirals out of control into food obsession. This is what happened to me! There are a few types of more extreme food obsession, better known as eating disorders.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_happens_if_you_constantly_eat_too_much\"><\/span>What happens if you constantly eat too much?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Chronic overeating <b>may promote obesity and insulin resistance, two major risk factors for metabolic syndrome  a cluster of conditions that increases your risk of heart disease, stroke, and diabetes.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Is_love_to_food_wrong\"><\/span>Is love to food wrong?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>Loving food is not wrong.<\/b> What&#8217;s wrong is that you&#8217;ve gotten lost in the restrict-and-overindulge cycle so often that you&#8217;ve forgotten that true satisfaction is natural and achievable. Loving food can be a natural and awesome expression of sensuality, pleasure, and humanness.  It&#8217;s okay to eat food that you love.<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Table of Contents Why do I love eating so much?Can you love food too much?How do I stop liking my food so much?Why do I care so much about food?Why do I love eating too much?Is it normal to always want to eat?Why do I love food too much?Can you be obsessed with food?What happens&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18665"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18665\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}