神秘饥饿感的原因和疗愈

 

蜂鸟健康TheHummingBird 2019-11-02原文

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现在许多人甚至年轻人都有一种似乎无法满足的饥饿感。关于持续不寻常的饥饿感，医学界有不同的理论：一种认为是心理上的暴饮暴食；另一种认为神秘饥饿感是因为大脑或胃功能紊乱导致“饥饿开关”不能正常工作；第三种理论认为过度饥饿是激素引起的，因为当女性怀孕、排卵期、月经期和绝经期时很容易感到饥饿或有暴饮暴食的冲动；最近另一种受人关注的理论是甲状腺机能亢进，认为过度活跃的甲状腺会导致新陈代谢加快，这意味着燃烧卡路里的速度比正常情况要快，这会导致更容易饿；还有一种理论认为，体重超重是神秘饥饿感的根源，甚至还有理论认为胃酸反流引起的不适会使人一直想吃东西。

 

要知道，所有这些只是理论，意味着未经证实，希望给患者一种找到答案的感觉，尽管实际上这些并非真正的答案。在所有理论中，最让人痛苦的诊断就是认为这是心理上的问题，只是少吃一点，忽略这种持续不断对食物的渴求无法帮助一个人克服持续饥饿感的挑战。饮食失调症诸如暴食症或厌食症的确存在，有些人会试图通过暴饮暴食缓解不良情绪，这一切会导致食物、心理创伤和上瘾相互影响，这在以后会针对暴食症或厌食症的原因再进行详细解释，但无法满足的神秘饥饿感背后实际上有一种至关重要的生理需求，正由于不了解真正原因，导致无法满足该种生理需求，从而会持续有想要摄入食物的冲动。假设不是食物上瘾的情况下，引起持续的神秘饥饿感的真正原因是饥饿的肝脏。

 

一．  对生存关键的优质碳水化合物

 

许多人不明白为什么一个人一直在吃，会感觉饥饿，或者肝脏会觉得饥饿？因为饥饿的肝脏是一个耗尽葡萄糖和糖原储备的肝脏，因此迫切需要以关键的优质碳水化合物补充燃料。优质碳水化合物指的是水果、生蜂蜜、红薯土豆等淀粉蔬菜中的优质糖分。由于不了解饥饿感背后的原因，我们通常选择摄入的食物中缺乏身体需要的优质糖分，肝脏无法获得所需，就会持续发送饥饿感的信号。

 

这里简单地提一下肝脏作为身体糖原储备中心的功能：肝脏是我们身体的储存中心，一方面肝脏需要储存关键的营养元素，在任何我们需要的时刻可以及时释放供身体使用；另一方面是为了储存有害物质以避免其进入血液和各大器官，保护我们的生命，虽然肝脏的第一选择永远是及时处理毒素将其排出体外，储存毒素是肝脏不得已的第二选择。

 

葡萄糖是我们生存的关键，因此也是肝脏最重要的功能之一。肝脏具有的糖原储备也是避免得糖尿病的关键，每次我们由于任何原因两餐间间隔过长时，肝脏都会释放其珍贵的糖原储备以支撑我们到下一顿饭，为了避免出现低血糖、肾上腺素的出动以及胰腺问题。关于肝脏作为糖元和身体营养元素储存中心的更多细节，请见“拯救肝脏，肝脏会拯救我们的健康（二）”。

 

怀孕的女性通常很容易有饥饿感，而通常这被认为是激素原因，或认为孕妇饥饿感是因为两个人需要吃东西。事实上，怀孕期间很容易出现饥饿感是因为孕妇的肝脏需要大量的水果和淀粉类蔬菜中的优质糖分以补充体内的葡萄糖和糖原储备，这对于胎儿的发育过程至关重要。婴儿的肝脏很大程度上取决于母亲的肝脏状况，因为母亲肝脏会将精心准备、高度可吸收的营养物质输送到婴儿的肝脏以供婴儿肝脏发育。不仅肝脏发育需要大量葡萄糖，婴儿大脑发育也需要大量的优质葡萄糖支持。这种对葡萄糖的大量需求会导致孕妇很容易出现饥饿感。

 

不仅孕妇需要大量天然优质糖分来喂养肝脏，实际上每个人的生存都需要关键的优质碳水化合物。当今许多人都面临低血糖和肝脏低糖原储备的问题，这会导致肝脏甚至神经系统缺乏关键的燃料而挨饿，饥饿感是身体传递给我们信息的方式。当我们体内糖元储备不足时，心脏、肾脏、生殖系统和脾脏功能都会受到影响，尽管主要是肝脏和神经系统传递饥饿信息。对于神经系统，在面对任何压力或挑战时，大脑非常需要关键的优质葡萄糖平息大脑中的风暴，这会让肝脏释放其葡萄糖储备来保护大脑。

 

二．  导致肝脏饥饿的原因

 

为什么这个时代许多人面临肝脏葡萄糖及糖元储备的缺乏而并不了解呢？这是因为现在每个人的肝脏都在承受巨大的压力，从而大大影响肝脏重建关键糖原储备的功能，以下是导致肝脏饥饿的三大原因：

 

• • 1. 病毒和毒素在肝脏内的累积

 

在人类史上的此时此刻，我们在受精和子宫内的时刻就继承了工业革命之后的毒素（例如重金属和病毒等），因此我们的肝脏在出生时就不处于100%的最佳工作状态，这也是为什么现在出生儿中湿疹、黄疸等的情况越来越多。然后我们成长过程中也在不断吸入或者吃下各种毒素（农药、空气污染、食物、药物、生活用品等中的化学物质等），由于我们从未学习过如何帮助肝脏净化，从未给肝脏真正喘息的机会，肝脏毒性（即存储的毒素）一般随着年龄增加而逐步上升，而造成各类病症。关于肝脏面临的各种毒素挑战，请见“拯救肝脏，肝脏会拯救我们的健康（七）和（八）”。

 

现在各种对健康有害的毒素在空气中、在水中、在食物中，有些是我们知道的，还有许多我们可能完全不了解。由于这些毒素都是病毒的最爱食物，因此当肝脏无力处理所有的垃圾时，肝脏内堆积的垃圾就成为了病毒的伊甸园，得以发展壮大，毒素、病毒以及其产生的排泄物不仅会造成肝脏饥饿，也是各种慢性疾病的真正原因。

 

由于肝脏是身体的毒素处理中心，所有的毒素和病毒有毒排泄物都会占据肝脏非常宝贵的储备空间，原本这些空间应该是用来存储关键营养元素的，但当肝脏无力及时处理毒素将其排出体外时，肝脏会选择储存毒素，为了避免有毒物质进入血液和各大器官，保护我们的生命。这一切使得肝脏缺乏葡萄糖，很难重建宝贵的糖原储备。

 

EB病毒是一种肝脏内非常常见的病原体，是引起上百种病症背后的真凶，其中包括各类甲状腺问题，这就是为什么甲状腺机能亢进和饥饿感似乎总是一起出现，饥饿感与甲状腺或新陈代谢无关，而是由于EB病毒长期在肝脏内破坏，导致肝脏缺乏葡萄糖引起的。许多患有甲状腺功能减退的人也有神秘的饥饿感，背后的原因是都是EB病毒。更多关于EB病毒的发展阶段和引起的上百种症状详情，请见“各类慢性疾病背后的真凶（一）和（二）- EB病毒”。

 

顺便说明一下，容易与甲状腺功能亢进一起出现的体重减轻并不是由于过度的甲状腺激素分泌影响新陈代谢引起的，真正原因是导致甲状腺机能亢进的特定类型EB病毒会释放出一种引起身体过敏的毒素，这会促使肾上腺素持续分泌，其作用就像安非他命一样会导致一些人的体重减轻。实际上，更多甲状腺机能亢进的人出现的症状是体重增加而不是减少，这一事实让医学界感到困惑：几乎所有一开始甲亢体重过轻的人随着年纪增加开始出现体重增加，这是因为这从来与甲状腺和新陈代谢无关（有种错误理论说新陈代谢会随着年龄的增长而减缓），而是肝脏多年不堪负重终于在外表上开始体现。当我们了解体重问题背后的真正原因，帮助肝脏去除导致负担过重的病原体和毒素，这一切都会改变。关于体重增重问题更多详细信息，请见“如何健康有效地减重”一文。

 

• • 1. 高脂肪的饮食

 

许多人会认为他们的饮食与高脂肪饮食无关，但实际上任何的高蛋白饮食就是高脂肪饮食，120克的鸡胸肉进入体内对于肝脏而言就是一勺的脂肪要处理。高蛋白即高脂肪饮食会导致肝脏不堪重负，大多数人的饮食结构都是高脂肪（大量荤食以及大量烧菜油脂），这么多年来不知不觉中已经摄入过多脂肪造成血液粘稠，同时也导致肝脏堵塞和脱水，脂肪在肝脏内部和周围堆积，造成肝脏功能不佳。现在即使许多素食主义者实际上也是高脂肪饮食，大量蛋、乳制品（高脂肪且是病毒最爱食物）、烧菜用使用大量的素油、大量的豆制品（大豆含油量极高，而且高含油量也会容易吸收重金属）、过量的坚果等其实都对于肝脏是很大的负担。

 

如果一个人有神秘饥饿感，同时又体重超重的话，这通常是脂肪肝前期或脂肪肝的征兆，这是因为上述饮食中过多的脂肪会堆积在肝脏内部和周围，阻碍肝脏储存葡萄糖的功能，从而导致神秘饥饿感。关于脂肪肝的更多细节，请见“脂肪肝的原因和疗愈”。

 

• • 1. 3.  情绪和压力激素- 肾上腺素

 

压力和疾病之间的真正关系其实是肾上腺素和身体器官的关系。当我们感到巨大压力、劳累、悲伤、愤怒、恐惧等各种情绪时，会导致大量肾上腺素的分泌，这对于身体和各大器官有类似于硫酸的腐蚀作用。特别在现代社会高压力和快速生活节奏环境下，导致肾上腺素会激增，远远超过理想水平。

 

对于已经功能不佳的肝脏而言，肾上腺素就是火上加油。现代我们面临的病毒和毒素都逼迫身体分泌比过去历史上每一代人都要更多的肾上腺素以应对健康挑战。同时现在社会高压生活使得我们持续不断在分泌肾上腺素应对工作和生活。当我们两三个小时没补充水果的果糖时，如果肝脏关键营养元素葡萄糖储备不够，也会导致肾上腺素分泌以替代身体需要的关键燃料-葡萄糖，所有这一切对于健康的影响是巨大的。

 

肾上腺素长期过量分泌会让人对其产生麻木感，失去什么是正常水平即身体安全水平的感觉。我们长期处于压力下，已经不觉得这是压力了。我们变的对肾上腺素上瘾，喜欢这种一直处于兴奋、感觉活着的状态，需要持续的刺激，因此当我们放松时，有一种落入低谷的感觉，让我们立马想要寻找下一个刺激。导致即使在应该休息的时候，我们依然保持忙碌，寻找兴奋点，停不下来。看上去似乎休息放松了，那只是因为我们暂时没有在想要做的事情或者担心等。当前这种肾上腺素主导的文化中，肾上腺素长期使用对于身体就如同将器官长期浸泡在硫酸中是一样的。

 

如果一个人体重过轻或体重正常，但经常有饥饿感，这是体内过量肾上腺素导致的。无论来自于忙碌生活、压力、情绪或长时间不吃东西的肾上腺素激增，都会使肝脏充满肾上腺素，阻碍其补充葡萄糖储备的能力，让努力工作需要燃料的肝小叶始终处于饥饿状态。现代社会的忙碌生活让许多人长时间不吃任何东西，这会很容易导致饥饿感，因为当我们吃得不够频繁时，血糖就会下降，没有葡萄糖储备，肾上腺就会分泌肾上腺素来弥补，肝脏则被迫吸收这些过量的肾上腺素，当我们最终吃东西时，肝脏已经被肾上腺素充满，无法补充它所需要的葡萄糖。即使吃了很多东西，一个人可能永远不会觉得饱，或者即使在这一刻填饱了肚子，很快就会觉得又饿了。这就是为什么长期压力或情绪会导致持续饥饿感。一个人可能定期吃东西，但如果肝脏长期被压力和情绪导致的肾上腺素充满，这会造成肝脏无法从食物中补充关键的优质葡萄糖。

 

许多人可能经历或看到过一个人在情感危机例如失去爱人或分手时，会不想进食，这是因为体内大量肾上腺素会让人不想进食。但随着时间的流逝，由于肝脏在几乎被饿死之后，会发送亟需关键的优质糖分信息，这会让人在一段时间之后出现一种无法满足的饥饿感。

 

有些人可能同时经历上述三种因素：病原体活动和毒素、脂肪肝前期或脂肪肝以及过量的肾上腺素分泌。这意味着肝脏会更需要关键的葡萄糖储备。疗愈意味着需要降低病原体和毒素数量、恢复肾上腺功能，并帮肝脏减掉多余的脂肪，然后给肝脏提供所需的关键葡萄糖。

 

三．   糖和脂肪的组合

 

你可能会认为，在当今社会，我们吃很多碳水化合物和糖分，为什么肝脏依然会饥饿。实际上，为了让肝脏受益，我们需要在没有脂肪或油脂的情况下摄入优质糖分，因为脂肪会阻碍体内葡萄糖的吸收。大量油脂和脂肪会阻碍细胞打开吸收其运作需要的营养即葡萄糖（这也是为什么糖尿病背后的真凶实际上是脂肪，而不是糖，只是当脂肪阻碍糖分吸收时，会造成血糖升高的表现，实际上糖是信使，却被当做了真凶，关于糖尿病的更多信息，请见“糖尿病的原因和疗愈”）。

 

当今世界，不管东方或西方，所有的饮食都是糖分和脂肪一起摄入的，例如米饭和荤食或炒的蔬菜、火腿番茄生菜三明治、晚餐和水果、炸薯条等等。当我们同时摄入脂肪和糖分时，即使肝脏非常饥饿，它也无法补充糖元储备，因为脂肪会阻碍这一切。如果这只是偶然一顿，并不是大问题。但实际上几乎每个人每顿饭都是脂肪和糖分的组合，年复一年，日复一日，这会对健康造成巨大的影响。

 

除了糖分和脂肪一起摄入会阻碍肝脏重建糖元储备之外，一天连续摄入含有脂肪的食物（诸如荤食和油脂烹饪的食物）都会阻碍葡萄糖的吸收，因为脂肪会在血液中停留一段时间（荤食脂肪一般需要3-6个小时消化，植物脂肪大约1-3个小时，猪肉制品则需要12-16个小时）。即使一个人中午吃鸡肉色拉，到下午两点钟吃个苹果，鸡肉的脂肪还在血液中，这会阻碍肝脏吸收苹果中的优质糖分。

 

因此摄入含优质糖分的水果和淀粉类蔬菜时，请在两餐间摄入，或者在进餐前20分钟吃完；否则再健康的糖分，如果和油脂脂肪一起摄入，将无法顺利被身体吸收利用。

 

如果肝脏缺乏关键的葡萄糖，还容易导致酒瘾，因为一旦肝脏尝到了酒精的味道，就会拼命试图利用酒精中的糖分来补充它的葡萄糖和糖原储备，但实际上酒精对于肝脏有腌制的伤害效果。尽管如此，酒精中的糖对肝小叶而言是一种诱惑，就如同海市蜃楼一般，虽然肝脏实际无法使用酒精中的糖分。了解这一点有助于帮助改善酒瘾。许多不吃碳水化合物的人会依赖酒精来获取关键的葡萄糖。但由于酒精会阻止肝脏吸收糖分，所以实际上肝脏的葡萄糖储备永远得不到补充，因此第二天肝脏会再次发出这种对酒精的渴望。关于酒瘾的更多信息，请见“上瘾的真相（上）和（下）”。

 

四．  神秘饥饿感的解决之道

 

一旦明白是什么引起了饥饿感，我们就会知道，最好告别饥饿感的方法是正确地喂养肝脏和自己。每一个半小时到两个小时摄入正确的优质糖分（水果、生蜂蜜、淀粉类蔬菜等）以补充关键的葡萄糖和糖原储备（请注意，酒精不是正确的补充方式）。利用上面所说脂肪消化时间，选择摄入优质糖分的时间。很好的一个办法就是选择午餐之前整个上午不摄入任何油脂或脂肪食物，选择水果作为早餐，例如“重金属排毒果昔”或“拯救肝脏果昔”，让肝脏得以休息、修复自己并补充关键的糖元储备。

 

同时，疗愈肝脏对于重建糖元储备非常有帮助，大家可以参考公众号菜单疗愈篇内的各种疗愈净化法，这些都是非常强大能让我们在健康大道上快速前进的疗愈措施，选择适合自己生活方式的进行。基础版净化疗愈法不过多改变三餐，而是在此基础上加上疗愈元素，可以作为开始；增强版净化疗愈法是全生食的疗法；肝脏369则是9天部分全生食的强大排毒疗法，可以选择每个月或每季度进行帮助自己在疗愈道路上快速前进。

 

疗愈的关键是正确的知识，每天采取一些简单的步骤。疗愈需要时间和耐心，在每天吃下每一口疗愈食物时，请记住，我们就在向前进。只要我们有时间、耐心和决心，就可以看到自己生活开始转变，体验充满活力的健康和自由。

 

Are You Always Hungry?

 

Just like weight gain, mystery hunger is an issue that is often treated unkindly. But regardless of what someone might have said to you, there is nothing wrong with you as a person. It is not gluttony, it is not a character defect. There is a real reason why you are experiencing insatiable hunger. Different doctors have brought different theories to the table to explain away this condition, including psychological overeating disorder; a miscommunication in the brain; a stomach disorder; hormonal disorders due to pregnancy, ovulation, or menopause; hyperthyroidism; seasonal affective disorder (SAD); depression; diabetes; and acid reflux. The list goes on—and these are painful diagnoses to receive. You might feel at odds with your own body or mind. The truth is, though, that none of these diagnoses truly get to the heart of the matter. As I have shared many times before, there are so many mystery symptoms and conditions that medical science and research do not have the answers to. Today, we are going to uncover what is really to blame for your constant hunger. And for an even greater understanding, you can refer to the in-depth explanation I offer in my book, Medical Medium Liver Rescue: Answers to Eczema, Psoriasis, Diabetes, Strep, Acne, Gout, Bloating, Gallstones, Adrenal Stress,Fatigue,Fatty Liver,Weight Issues,SIBO & Autoimmune.

 

A Starving Liver

 

What could possibly make you want to eat so much? A starving liver—a liver that is in desperate need of the three Cs: critical clean carbohydrates. What your liver is not hungry for is fat calories, which most everyone is consuming in high quantities. What it’s really starving for is glucose from fruits and carbohydrate rich vegetables like potatoes, sweet potatoes, and winter squashes. However, when there is fat in the liver and in the blood from the high fat foods most of us consume from the time we begin eating solid foods, the liver is unable to access any glucose we do eat. If you’re thinking that you don’t eat a high fat diet, it’s important to know that high protein diets are actually high fat diets. Almost every high protein food is inherently high in fat also, including eggs, chicken, nuts, seeds, milk, cheese, fish, beef, bacon, tofu, and more. Some of these foods like eggs and dairy are best avoided because of the ways they contribute to chronic illness and symptoms, which I explain in Liver Rescue. Other high protein and high fat foods can still be included, but it’s important they don’t dominate your diet so you can make space for more glucose-rich foods like fruits, potatoes, and winter squashes. To fully understand why the high protein and high fat trends have gained so much traction and what you can do about it, I wrote a whole chapter on this topic in Liver Rescue.

 

Now you know that your liver is starving for glucose. It’s this desperate need for glucose that drives the intense hunger people can experience where they feel like they can just keep eating and eating. A healthy liver has built up glycogen reserves. These reserves are compacted glucose in the tissue used to fuel your body, keep your organs healthy, and prevent disease. When the liver is forced to store fat instead, it loses its glycogen storage and begins to deteriorate. Fats also inhibit glucose from entering into the cells of other organs with ease. The heart, for example, is a muscle that requires glucose, or it weakens. In this case, no matter a person’s incredibly fit physique, he or she can eventually be heart attack bound if the diet is always too high in fat or protein and not enough glucose. Until fat is lowered in the diet so glucose can get into the liver and other cells and organs of the body, and there is sufficient glucose from fruits and carbohydrate rich vegetables being consumed, the liver will keep crying out for more of the fuel it needs, which means the constant hunger someone is experiencing will continue. Once the liver gets the breaks from fat it needs and sufficient glucose, and has the opportunity to heal, the constant hunger will begin to fall away.

 

Liver Stressors

 

In addition to fats, our livers are under stress from pathogenic activity in our bodies. Viruses and bacteria sit in the liver and feed off of toxic heavy metals (think: copper, steal, mercury, lead, alloys, and many more). Some people might have one or two varieties of streptococcus, for example, as opposed to others with five or eight varieties, while someone else might have a different bacteria and a virus like HHV6. But do not be deceived—everyone has viruses in the liver, Epstein-Barr being the most common, and bacteria like streptococcus. Pharmaceuticals, pesticides, and plastic residue also accumulate to create a landfill in the liver that further prevents it from accessing glucose. For a full list of the hundreds of different “Liver Troublemakers” that can affect the health of your liver, check out Liver Rescue. While some of them are a part of our everyday lives that can’t be avoided, others can be minimized or you can prevent exposure or consumption altogether. All of these troublemakers, in addition to too much fat and protein in the diet, can lead to a sluggish or fatty liver, which is always present in someone with mystery hunger. If you are not feeling the effects of a fatty or stressed liver causing the mystery hunger symptom now, it doesn't mean you aren’t living with other symptoms caused by a stressed liver. Unfortunately this burden the liver carries will finally catch up with you. However, with the right foods and healing steps, you can turn this around and bring your liver back to health.

 

What Can You Do?

 

I am not talking about table sugars when I tell you your sugar intake needs to increase. Fruit, sweet potatoes, all varieties of potatoes, and winter squashes are your answers. Do not be afraid of the word fructose. Do not cheat yourself from healing fruits like apples, berries, melons, grapes, bananas, peaches, and plums. Fruit fear is rampant today and it’s absolutely critical for your health and your loved ones’ health that you know the truth about fruit. That’s why I covered this topic in a radio show and article. When the liver’s glucose needs are satisfied, it shuts down your hunger signal. All of the above are perfect examples of critical clean carbohydrates that refuel the liver.

 

Mineral salts are another part of the equation. This means adding more leafy greens, celery, spinach, brussels sprouts, and asparagus into your diet. Of course, and perhaps most importantly, do not forget to drink your celery juice. If you can, try to drink at least 16 ounces of straight celery juice a day. The mineral salts in celery juice will help your liver rid itself of the sludge that is hanging around from unwanted viruses and other toxins.

 

As always, along with these do’s there are also a few don’ts. Whether you are vegan, paleo, or vegetarian, it is time to reduce the amount of fat in your diet for the reason I have shared. Even lean meats are full of fat. You do not have to eat the chicken skin to consume fat. Fat runs throughout all meats, in its juice, and in fish oil. When you think protein, think fat. For the meat-eaters out there, that means reducing your meat consumption to once a day. For vegetarians, cut out the eggs and dairy products for this reason but also the many other reasons I share in Liver Rescue. Vegans, limit the amount of nut butters, tahini, oils, and avocados you are eating. By eating too much of any of these foods, we are doing serious damage to our livers in the long run.

 

Moving Forward

 

Remember, you are supposed to get hungry during the day and it’s good to snack on the right foods every hour and a half to two hours for your adrenals (I share more on this in my books), but constant or insatiable hunger is a signal, a call for help from your liver. It is a sign of a fatty or pre-fatty liver—that the organ is stressed and unable to store glucose. At one point in time, conventional medicine knew that a high-fat diet meant fat build-up in the organs. But with an influx of trends and marketing campaigns and hidden agendas at industry level, the truth has been swept under the carpet. Do not be afraid to heal with the right information, which is truths I share here and in Liver Rescue. Sometimes there are emotional crises that can set us back when it comes to our health and our eating habits. The important thing is that we keep putting one foot in front of the other and making the best choices we can at any time. If you need help changing your diet or creating great meals, Liver Rescue includes many delicious low fat recipes that include foods that are healing to the liver. Take it one day at a time—your hunger is not something to conquer, nor is it a shortcoming. It’s a signal that your liver needs you and it can be turned around.

 

 

愿天下人健康、平安、健康。