I had a healthy stir fry for my lunch today. Just chicken and a variety of vegetables. I figured the veggies would be filling. But 20 minutes after I’m done, I’m still feeling hungry. So I figure I’ll grab a KitKat bar, calories are calories and I’ll still be under my target. I finished half of it and felt full.
But the thing is for dinner last night, I had 2 portions of that stir fry and still went to bed feeling hungry. How does more food make me still feel hungry, but less food with a dessert make me feel fine
In: Biology
It’s a rather complicated question. However, a good rule is, the more difficult it is to digest, the longer it takes thus the “fuller” you feel. Foods that are rich in fiber belong in this category. Stuff like beans, lentils, chickpeas etc.
Now this is an hard bounded rule or something. As you’ve noticed, you are veggies and chicken yet you were still hungry. As I said in the beginning, it’s complicated. Another thing that can affect it’s fullness is, how was the food prepared.
For instance, lettuce a very green veggie. Lettuce will never satiate you. It has only 15kcal/100g. Even then it’s mostly water. However If you were to drown it in olive oil, chances are that you would feel, slightly “fuller”.
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