Nutrition by pooja Rajpal

If you constantly crave sweets, junk food, chocolates, cold drinks, or random snacks…

1. Blood sugar spikes & crashes
When your meals are high in refined carbs and low in protein/fiber, your blood sugar rises quickly and crashes quickly too. That crash triggers more cravings.
2. Poor sleep increases hunger hormones
Lack of sleep affects ghrelin and leptin the hormones responsible for hunger and fullness. Your brain starts asking for quick energy, mostly sugar.

3. Chronic stress increases cortisol
Stress doesn’t just affect mood. High cortisol often increases cravings for high-calorie comfort foods because your body is looking for fast dopamine and quick energy.

4. Low protein = low satiety
If your meals are low in protein, your body never feels nutritionally satisfied. You keep eating, but still feel “unsatisfied.”

5. Emotional eating & dopamine loops
Sometimes cravings are not physical hunger. Your brain gets addicted to the emotional comfort, stimulation, and temporary dopamine release from junk food.

6. Dehydration can mimic hunger
Many people are actually thirsty, stressed, tired, or overstimulated but interpret it as hunger.

7. Gut health also affects cravings
Your digestion, gut bacteria, sleep, stress, and eating patterns all influence food cravings more than people realize.

DM “START” if you want to improve your relationship with food and understand your body better.

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Nutritionist Pooja Rajpal

If you are struggling with cravings, overeating, fatigue, weight gain, PCOS, thyroid, diabetes, insulin resistance, gut health issues, bloating, hormonal imbalance, cholesterol, fatty liver, muscle gain, or lifestyle imbalance and want to understand your body better, DM “START”.

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Sometimes your meals are just not satisfying your body nutritionally.

A meal can be high in calories and still leave you hungry again after one hour because fullness is not only about calories.
Your body also looks for protein, fiber, hydration, stable blood sugar, proper sleep, and nourishment.

That’s why:
• You finish a packet of snacks and still crave more
• You eat emotionally comforting food but still feel unsatisfied
• You feel hungry again and again despite eating enough calories

Your body is not always asking for more food.
Sometimes it is asking for better quality food.

Adding enough protein, fiber, fruits, vegetables, proper hydration, and improving sleep can completely change your satiety levels and cravings.

If you are struggling with cravings, overeating, fatigue, weight gain, PCOS, thyroid, diabetes, insulin resistance, gut health issues, bloating, hormonal imbalance, cholesterol, fatty liver, muscle gain, or lifestyle imbalance and want to understand your body better, DM “START”.

Nutritionist Pooja Rajpal

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