Wednesday, January 25, 2006

Appetite

I think my appetite is period-dependent...

To investigate the influence of ovarian hormones on energy regulation, twenty-six normal weight, noneating disordered women recorded their food consumption, exercise, and eating patterns over one menstrual cycle. Serum levels of ovarian hormones were measured to determine three menstrual cycle phases, namely perimenstrual, follicular/ovulatory, and luteal. Energy intake increased 685.9 kJ/day (p <>
-- Physiology & Behavior 56(3):523,1994

I do have cravings for high-fat food during luteal phase. Then again, think I am entering ovulatory phase now and somehow I am hungry so often.

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