Try to keep carbs to an absolute minimum.What's in your 'large meal'? Is it large carbs?
Hi, have been fairly low carb for a couple of months now. Take metformin 2x500. Glucose levels have been high though, typically 10-15 in the morning.Hard to give a response to your question without more details. Are you on a low-carb diet and if so for how long, what diabetes drugs are you taking (if any)?
I was very hungry after starting my current low-carb diet nearly a year ago. The hunger went away after four to six weeks. I alleviated the hunger during those first few weeks by eating lots of nuts, making sure to choose the low-carb varieties (nuts are a good appetite-cutter).
The usual explanation is that when you first cut back on carbs, your body is craving them.
It is interesting that your hunger comes after having "a large meal." This, I suspect, means that the meals in question are fairly carb-heavy -- because eating carbs tends to make you yearn for more.
Hi, have been fairly low carb for a couple of months now. Take metformin 2x500. Glucose levels have been high though, typically 10-15 in the morning.
Why do I always feel like I could eat a horse after having a large meal? Something to do with insulin levels?
thats usually a sign of insulin resistance. i was like that for long long years and its mostly seen as "lack of will" but what it really is, is HUNGER! my guess and i am not a professional is that your body realises that not a lot of nutrition gets through and demands more.Why do I always feel like I could eat a horse after having a large meal? Something to do with insulin levels?
It sometimes takes a while to recognise the difference between hunger and peckish. We have spent our lives grazing on food through boredom/peckishness/habit and it can be a hard one to crack.
Try raising your fats a little or have a palmfull of nuts if you choose. I find that a creamed coffee is enough to assuage that feeling though it rarely happens these days. Good luck.
- If hungry before bed, after having evening meal earlier, I find a heaped tablespoon of full-fat yoghourt or a chunk of cheese helps a lot - no or very low carbs!Why do I always feel like I could eat a horse after having a large meal? Something to do with insulin levels?
Is there any fat in there? Not only will fat, like butter, slow the bs from the carbs and protein but it will be more satisfying. I need fat with all meals and snacksI can identify with the original poster - I do not feel hungry after sleep, after breakfast BUT after lunch - that is a different problem. Mixed vegetables and boiled chicken can hardly be called 'high carb' - it is like having a hunger' switch' switched on - answers please
Carbs..... They are addictive. Mc Donalds and a Chinese takeaway famous for it.Why do I always feel like I could eat a horse after having a large meal? Something to do with insulin levels?