Ever wondered how you feel more hungry after eating sugary delights and have intense cravings for food shortly thereafter" Cookies, biscuits, sweeties, brownies, doughnuts, pastries, etc., with high sugar content can make for quick grab-and-go to quell acute hunger pangs, but surprisingly, these treats are the major reason behind your insatiable appetite and inability to shed weight. In fact, studies have shown that a sugar-dominant breakfast (bread and jam for example) promotes a stronger sensation of hunger and increased calorie consumption through the day! Want to know how sugary stuff makes you hungrier even though you are getting a lot of calories through such food" Here’s how:

Jam, muffins, biscuits, cookies, bread, cakes have one ingredient in common – sugar, and that’s the stuff that makes everything appetizing. However, when you eat something with a high sugar content, blood sugar level shoots up, which in turn elicits a sharp insulin response. Once excess insulin is pumped out to balance glucose level, this hormone causes a sharp dip in blood glucose, which the brain detects as an energy crunch, sending out hunger signals in order to replenish blood glucose. Studies done have also shown that sharp rise in insulin leads to increased hunger, heightened cravings for sweet taste, and subsequent increase in food intake. Thus the connection between insulin and appetite is quite strong since sharp spike in insulin creates an energy crunch, wh...