Midnight Pizza Cravings: Decoding Food Noise for Weight Loss
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You’ve just had dinner, but it’s 11 pm and your brain suddenly demands pizza. Sound familiar? According too Dr Anshuman Kaushal, a leading robotic and bariatric surgeon at Apollo Hospital Delhi, this isn’t hunger – it’s ”food noise.” In a recent Instagram video on his handle @theangry_doc, he explained how our mind’s “noisy neighbourhood” of hormones keeps triggering cravings, even when our stomach is full.
The hormonal drama behind your cravings
Dr Kaushal says our brain runs a constant gossip network between three key hormones – ghrelin, leptin and dopamine. “Ghrelin whispers, ‘Yaar, kuch kha le,’ while leptin protests, ‘Bas kar, pet bhar gaya,’ but dopamine – the pleasure king – takes over and says, ‘Ignore them, have some chocolate,'” he explained in his viral video. This inner chatter, he adds, is what scientists call food noise – the battle between hunger, satisfaction, and pleasure happening inside the brain’s hypothalamus and limbic system.
How food companies exploit your brain
The Apollo doctor points out that modern food companies understand this neurochemical chaos all too well. They engineer hyper-palatable foods – high in sugar, salt, fat and umami – to hijack the brain’s reward circuits, much like addictive substances. “These foods overstimulate dopamine, making your brain crave louder each time,” he said, warning that this desensitisation fuels binge-eating.
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