Do you ever feel like you need to grab something to eat when you're stressed? Well, there's a hormone for that!
Ghrelin, the hunger hormone, is now known to be part of our biological response to stress! This very recent study reviewed 10 other studies and confirmed that when people are put into a stressful situation (like a timed math test) levels of ghrelin quickly shoot up. That makes us want to seek food and start eating. The good news is that we now know that levels of this hunger hormone start going down soon after the stress is gone even if we don't eat anything.
But, this stress-ghrelin response is not the same for everyone.
Listen in to get the scoop on this new review study that links stress to hunger.
*** RESOURCES AND LINKS ***
- REVIEW STUDY: Bouillon-Minois, J. B., Trousselard, M., Thivel, D., Gordon, B. A., Schmidt, J., Moustafa, F., Oris, C., & Dutheil, F. (2021). Ghrelin as a Biomarker of Stress: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Nutrients, 13(3), 784. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13030784 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7997253/
- HOW TO DETERMINE STRENGTH OF STUDIES INFOGRAPHIC by Compound Chem Rough guide to types of scientific evidence: https://www.compoundchem.com/2015/04/09/scientific-evidence/
- *FREE* DONE-FOR-YOU MINI ARTICLE FOR HEALTH PROS ON THIS STUDY SO YOU CAN SHARE IT WITH YOUR EMAIL SUBSCRIBERS OR SOCIAL MEDIA FOLLOWERS: https://leesaklich.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/DFY-health-scoop-00-FREE-SAMPLE-FOR-SALES-PAGE.docx