Andrew Huberman· PhD
Ghrelin makes you hungry, when blood glucose, your blood sugar is low, ghrelin is secreted and makes you hungry.
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Ghrelin makes you hungry, when blood glucose, your blood sugar is low, ghrelin is secreted and makes you hungry.
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And then when we eat, typically what happens is Ghrelin levels go down.
Ghrelin is a hormone that increases depending on how long it's been since we ate last. So the longer it's been since we had a meal, Ghrelin levels are going to be higher and higher and higher, and it essentially makes us hungry