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The science of “hangry” — how low blood sugar makes you a monster

Written by Modar HIJAZI 5:29 pm on 4 January, 2016 — Leave a Comment

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You may have heard the term “hangry” before — the word for the state of being both hungry and angry. As in: “I’m so hangry that I yelled at my boss. Someone please pass me a banana.”

there’s a growing body of evidence that being hangry is a real thing

But it’s not just weird slang. There’s a growing body of scientific evidence that being hangry is a completely real thing — and that low blood sugar leads to bad behavior.

Case in point: in a study published in 2014 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers showed that married couples get increasingly angry and mean towards one another when their blood sugar is low.

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Written by Modar HIJAZI 8:32 am on 23 March, 2015 — Leave a Comment

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Does Exercise Distort Your Perception of Hunger?

Written by Modar HIJAZI 11:10 am on 12 March, 2013 — Leave a Comment

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Should you trust your hunger meter after a workout? Two studies published this year reported that contrary to popular belief, exercise doesn’t make people hungrier. In fact, results showed that brisk exercise can decrease interest in food.

But other experiments have turned up evidence to the contrary. Some researchers have found that not only does exercise cause a perceived need to eat more, but that our pleasure response to food is heightened following a workout—and that even thinking about exercise can whet our appetites.

So does exercise make us hungry or doesn’t it? And if it does, should it? Read more »

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