Dietitian Mariyat Mukhina: a very strong desire to eat something floury can occur with hypoglycemia.
Nutritionist Mukhina spoke about the reasons for food cravings their test. According to the doctor, a strong desire to eat something floury arises due to a lack of glucose:
“I want to eat sweet and starchy foods with hypoglycemia, when the concentration of glucose in the blood drops.”
In an interview with Moscow 24, the specialist noted that such a craving for flour foods can be aggravated after exertion, both physical and emotional (stress). For example, after working hard in the country, on the site, a person may feel a strong desire to eat something floury. This is due to the fact that his muscles, having worked, squandered glycogen – their main fuel, which is essentially stored glucose. To make up for it, the brain sends specific electrical impulses that form an increased appetite for carbohydrate foods – floury and sweet.
As for stress, Mariyat Mukhina explained:
“Very often we want starchy foods as a result of stress, when there is a strong release of insulin after the work of contrainsular hormones, in particular cortisol.”
The expert recalled that addiction to such food leads to problems with high blood sugar and the appearance of excess weight. Flour, being a refined carbohydrate, is extremely quickly absorbed and converted into glucose. In the absence of proper physical activity, this will mean an increase in fat mass.
Earlier, the MedikForum.ru portal wrote that addiction to dumplings negatively affects the hormonal balance of the body.
Important ! Information provided for reference purposes. Ask a specialist about contraindications and side effects and under no circumstances self-medicate. Seek medical attention at the first sign of illness.
Mariyat Mukhina healthy lifestyle dietitian, doctor of medical sciences