Why Am I Always Hungry?

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American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology: “ANTIHISTAMINES AND WEIGHT GAIN.”
Cell Metabolism: “Sucralose Promotes Food Intake through NPY and a Neuronal Fasting Response.”
Cleveland Clinic: “Am I Pregnant?”
Diabetes.co: “Polyphagia - Increased Appetite.”
European Journal of Clinical Nutrition: “Intense sweeteners, energy intake and the control of body weight.”
Harvard Health Publications: “Mindful eating,” “Why stress causes people to overeat.”
Harvard Medical School Patient Education Center: “Understanding your thyroid.”
Harvard School of Public Health: “Artificial Sweeteners,” “Do you have an overactive thyroid?” “Healthy Eating Plate & Healthy Eating Pyramid,” “Carbohydrates and Blood Sugar.”
Joslin Diabetes Center: “How to Deal with Hunger by Using a Hunger Scale” and “Tips for Coping With Emotional Eating.”
Mayo Clinic: “Depression (major depressive disorder) -- Tricyclic antidepressants and tetracyclic antidepressants.”
PubMed Central: “Successful Development of Satiety Enhancing Food Products: Towards a Multidisciplinary Agenda of Research Challenges,” “The effect of slow spaced eating on hunger and satiety in overweight and obese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.”
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition: “How bad is fructose?”
National Institutes of Health: “Weight Gain From Antipsychotics Traced to Appetite-Regulating Enzyme, Receptor” “Low Blood Glucose (Hypoglycemia)” “Stress and Eating Behaviors” and “Your Guide to Healthy Sleep.”
Mayo Clinic: "Diabetes -- Symptoms."
Reviewed by Christine Mikstas, RD, LD on July 18, 2019
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