[urban_strike]

I think appetite itself has a lot to do with the nutritional density of what you're eating. I can eat 1000kcal of gummy worms and just be getting started, but 1000kcal of ground beef and I can't look at food for a few hours. Or in other words, it seems like your body will keep giving you hunger-signals regardless of volume, until it gets what it needs (e.g. protein, minerals, vitamins).

[bhelkey]

For anyone else who is curious, 1000kcal of ground beef is ~1lb or ~ 500g or ~4 burger patties [1].

1000kcal of gummy worms is 34 gummy worms [2].

[1] https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/foods/beef

[2] https://www.nutritionix.com/food/gummy-worms

[cecilpl2]

Oh that's fascinating.

I can eat 1000kcal of ground beef and go looking for more, but 200kcal of gummy worms and I'm hoping I never see them again.

[bhelkey]

For anyone else who is curious, 1000kcal of ground beef is ~1lb or ~ 500g or ~4 burger patties [1].

200kcal of gummy worms is 7 gummy worms [2].

[1] https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/foods/beef

[2] https://www.nutritionix.com/food/gummy-worms