Obesity and Hunger

[Ginger38]

I’m obese by medical standards. For years I’ve struggled with hunger and no matter how much or what I eat I never feel full. Could either of these be tied undiagnosed celiac/gluten? 

[knitty kitty]

@Ginger38,

I was obese and was always hungry.  I had Thiamine deficiency and Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth.  

The bacteria of SIBO can send chemical messages to the brain requesting more carbohydrates that they feed on.  (Creepy, right?)

Thiamine is needed to turn carbohydrates into energy.  It's easy to eat more carbohydrates than thiamine (called high calorie malnutrition).  When thiamine gets low, the body tries to save what little thiamine it has.  To save thiamine, the body starts turning carbohydrates into fat and storing the fat in our bodies.  

Thiamine also helps keep bacteria from overgrowing into our small intestines where they are not meant to live. 

To correct my thiamine deficiency, I took 600 to 1000 mg of thiamine in the form called Allithiamine spread out over the day (about 100 mg every two to three hours).  I also take magnesium because thiamine needs magnesium to work properly.  And I take a B Complex because all eight B vitamins work together.  The B vitamins are water soluble and nontoxic even in high doses.  Any excess is excreted in urine.

There's a high rate of thiamine deficiency in obesity.  

While correcting my thiamine deficiency, I began to lose weight and am now no longer obese and I don't have SIBO.  I am no longer grazing all day either. 

Hope this helps!

[Scott Adams]

We've done quite a few articles on this topic, and obesity can be a symptom of celiac disease:

https://www.celiac.com/search/?q=obesity&quick=1&type=cms_records2&search_in=titles 

[Ginger38]

7 hours ago, Scott Adams said:

We've done quite a few articles on this topic, and obesity can be a symptom of celiac disease:

https://www.celiac.com/search/?q=obesity&quick=1&type=cms_records2&search_in=titles 

Thank you for this information 😊