What causes hunger between meals? Is it a sped up metabolism?

[jennifer_bloom]

These last few years I've been hungry a lot between meals. Usually I'm fine waiting until lunch for my first meal but I usually get hungry before dinner time after eating lunch and this summer onwards I sometimes also get hungry before lunch and have to eat breakfast. My mom says that as you get older, your body's ability to tolerate delays in food intake become weaker and you need regular food to maintain your comfort level, but a young person can go days without food and not feel hungry.

[VeryExperienced]

Drink a glass of water with electrolytes in it when you get hungry. Eat oatmeal w/berries for breakfast and you will be full half the day. You do not need to eat to maintain your comfort level just your caloric intake is what matters. Strip naked in the morning, go to bathroom fully, then weigh yourself. Go throughout your day drinking only apple cider vinegar (teaspoon) in a glass of water, as much as you want to throughout the day. Go to sleep. Wake up, do the same thing, strip naked, weigh yourself. Now you have 24 hours of just water intake, no calories in. You can subtract the weight difference. THIS is your true metabolic reading.

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

When I was a teenager I went on a poor diet to lose weight well I lost weight, but I manage to gain a lot of health problems with low blood sugar, low male hormone, diabetes, hair loss, etc. also extreme weight gain, high blood pressure, anxiety, depression, etc. I have problems with hunger between meals and I contribute it to hormonal disorder, drinking too much caffeine. My advice to treat this maybe eat low cal/ low-carb yogurt. Take a probiotic that treats digesting issues, colon, I was told by my local doctor's office that Pearls Probiotic is good to take.

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

Thank you for MHO :)