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Healthy Snacks (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 3 days ago by leon_z@sh.itjust.works to c/comicstrips@lemmy.world

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[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 40 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Hunger is a normal part of life .. I keep trying to remind myself of that

Just because you are hungry, it doesn't mean that you are starving or dying ... sometimes it's just your dumb greedy biological system wanting to eat everything in sight because it still thinks that you live in the African savanna and there's no food around.

I grew up poor and as a kid, hunger was just a normal part of life. We weren't starving, mom and dad gave us enough nutrition every day to be comfortable but not to live in complete luxury where we could eat any time we wanted. I remember wanting snacks during the day and there were none ... so you just drank some hot tea to satisfy the craving and then went on with your day. By the time we were teens, we were lean, built and none of my friends were overweight (this was in the 80s and early 90s). It wasn't until we all had free access to cheap snacks and sugar water that we all started having problems with our weight. I'm middle aged now and I constantly have to battle my urge to want to eat any and everything in sight.

The best part of this comment is that I'm snacking on a tube of pringles as I'm writing this.

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 20 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

A few years ago, I learned that the stomach rumble when you're hungry, is part of a process that's actually kind of important health-wise: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Migrating_motor_complex

So, it's good when your stomach and small intestine empty out on a regular basis. It's good when you're hungry on a regular basis.
Just yet another luxury problem of modern times, that we have food available at all times and need to stop ourselves from snacking.

Side-note: It's also good to go hungry, because then when you do eat, the food tastes so much better. This also means you can go for healthier food and still have it hit the spot.

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago

Most of the cleaning waves in the MMC happen at night while we are asleep. For many people this will be sufficient to help maintain a healthy, balanced environment in the digestive tract.