Psychology

Thanks for showing up today, my name is Tasha, and I appreciate you for joining in on the discussion of eating disorders. Today we will be talking about Obesity and Anorexia. First I would like to start today’s session off talking about some of the physiological aspects of eating and satiety, and also why we really eat. There are many different theories that tells us we need to eat. Plus, the discussion is going to lead deep into the physiological myths about hunger and satiety. We get the feeling of hunger to signal when we need to eat. Just like a car signals for gas. A human body is like a vehicle and needs energy like a car needs gas to reach optimal energy. Just like gas, if food is not of good quality the source of energy is going to be lower. This day and age people are struggling with with obesity and everyone needs to remember we eat to live not live to eat. The primary purpose of eating is to supply the body with the molecular building blocks and energy it needs to survive and function.()

To begin with, food is used a sense of energy renewal. In order to receive this energy, food needs to digest. There are eight steps in digestion process and the digestion process is a gastrointestinal process that breaks down food and absorbs the vitamins, minerals, and fats into the body. Also, energy is delivered to the body in three forms lipids, which are fats. Next are amino acids, which are the break down products of proteins and the third is glucose which is simple sugar that is the breakdown of carbohydrates. Energy is mainly stored as fat in the body for two reasons, one it holds more energy than glycogen and two glycogen holds more water. There are phases that each person goes to through to metabolize energy

To begin with, there are three phases that people go through to metabolize their energy. The first phase is the cephalic phase. This phase being with the sight, smell or thought of food. The cephalic ends once the food compounds is absorbed in the...