Carbs make you hungry!

Frank and I have been eating a low carbohydrate diet for the past two months and we were just commenting this morning on how well it's going.  (Although I think Frank still misses potatoes.)  My favorite part of eating low carb is that I'm eating a lot less and I'm not hungry.  US researchers have just proved that protein is best for keeping you from feeling hungry:

Diets high in protein may be the best way to keep hunger in check, U.S. researchers said on Thursday in a study that offers insight into how diets work.

They also said that eating carbohydrates will actually make you hungrier.

They also found that eating carbohydrates resulted in a strong ghrelin suppression at first, but ghrelin levels rebounded with a vengeance, rising to an even higher level.

Basically, the carbohydrates eventually made people even hungrier than before they had eaten.

So at the very least, it should be easier to lose weight on a low carb diet as you won't always feel like you are starving!