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Raw Paleo Diet Forums => General Discussion => Topic started by: Joy2012 on February 16, 2015, 10:47:49 am
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I am reading a book Calorie Myth. In it the author says that there are 3 factors necessary for the feeling of satiety. One of the factors is that the digestive organs have to be stretched enough; thus one half of our food intake (by volume) should be non-starchy fibrous water-rich preferably-raw vegetables. Is he correct?
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People vary a great deal in their ability to digest raw veggies. Even for people that digest them well, 50% of total volume is pretty high. For some people, like my wife, it would work. Not for me.
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I don't think satiety depends on one factor. Sure, it makes sense that the stomach and intestines need to have a discernible amount of food in them, so your author has a valid point.
However, the satiety factor has several other key components such as blood-sugar signals, fat receptor nerve signals, social factors, "emotional" factors, etc.
Satiety levels are learned in childhood. A child that is overfed learns that satiety means so stuffed that you're gasping for air.
I find that the sense of taste is responsible for a lot of satiety signals, which is why we get a stop when we eat unprocessed foods - the stop indicating that we have satisfied our need for that particular food.
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Konstantin Monastrsky, author of Fiber Menace, talks a bit about satiety.
He follows a traditional Japanese diet, I think Okinawa specifically. His solution for satiety was to eat white rice and butter with his meats.
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Thanks to all for the replies.