Episode 2 of the Wellness Zone Podcast with Dr. Barry Sears and Mary Perry. This week’s topic: Satiety: how not to always feel hungry while on a calorie restrictive diet.

We discuss:

00:00 What is satiety?

00:37 What causes hunger? What gut hormones tell the brain that the body is hungry or not?

01:15 What role does metabolism have in hunger?

01:46 How does diet turn on or turn off satiety hormones?

2:30 How much protein do I need to not always feel hungry?

3:22 How do weight loss drugs control satiety? And how can a proper diet do the same thing?

05:42 Side effects of weight loss drugs

08:57 Do supplements work to suppress hunger?

13:25 Future technology—creating desirable foods that have the right amounts of protein.

16:31 Rules to eating: What are the best times of the day to consume food?