Stuffed Stuff
May 12th, 2012You may not know a lot about this phenomenon, but after you eat some meat, and drink some “water” (clear liquid, lite taste) with it, your body will say, “Dude, no more meat. Really. Done.” This is referred to as being “full.” It’s not very familiar to most Americans. Do not fear it. It is, in fact, a “natural” feeling, not to be confused with “stuffed,” which is the feeling of having continued to eat way past being full. How is that possible, you say, to eat beyond when your body says, “Dude, no more?”
Great question. Have a nine-second sit, I’ll explain.
You see, the way to continue on to “stuffed,” is to switch away from meat and fresh water, and begin shoving carbohydrates and flavored drinks into your pie-chamber. It turns out, bread and pasta and Cokes and sugars and yeehaw do not ever make you feel full. In fact, you can eat them until the walls of your stomach bloat up, and then you know, “Wow, I’m nearing a limit here. Maybe only nine more mouth-shovels.” This is what we know as stuffed, and it has nothing to do with full, because full comes from your brain recognizing there is enough food — meat! — in your stomach, but stuffed comes from your stomach stretching and begging you to stop. And that only happens with these non-foods that we’ve turned into foods, which we call carbohydrates.
So, thanks for stopping by for today’s lesson in what full feels like. And if you don’t like it, feel free to get stuffed.







