Fat vs Carbs Satiety

Fat also satiates the appetite. You tend to not overeat when you eat fatty food. Starches and sugars do not, you want more.

I think the satiating element is the fat rather than the protein, no?

It's not that it's wrong really. It's just that it's not particularly useful for weight loss.If I eat mainly sugar and starches I can easily wolf down 4000 calories a day. If I eat a low carb diet it's a struggle to eat 2000 calories a day, the feeling of hunger isn't the growl in my stomach but a kind of mild headache, and after a couple of days my cravings for sugar subsides. The idea that some foods are more "satiating" than others is important, and

It's possible, but if I am, it means protein and fat are better at keeping me satiated. The standard American diet is high in carbs, and it could be that processed carbs aren't very good at keeping someone full.

I think that you have misread my comment.I have said "a diet to avoid gaining weight", not "a diet that allows gaining weight".If I eat more than 1900 ... 2000 kcal per day, I gain weight rapidly, so the problem was reducing the amount of energy intake so much, while ensuring an adequate daily intake of proteins and of any other essential nutrients, and without feeling that I am starving.I agree that there are differences between people and there are also differences

This might be an issue of caloric density and fibre content. Volume is a reasonably strong appetite inhibitor.

So much this.Simple self experiment: If you are super hungry, try compare:1. Eat a bowl of plain steamed rice (in hot water can make it go down easier) - you will very very quickly become satiated and stay that way, probably on less than a small bowl.2. Eat cake, croissants, stuff that is sweet but not too sweet that you can keep eating it... initially you will stop, but then you will feel hungry again and keep going back for more - you can just keep eating on this stuff, even though th

Isn't the problem that once the insulin subsides you're hungry again? Sugar (and other high-GI foods) are very quickly processed and stored as fat, and the reserves in the blood are depleted soon afterwards.The amount you eat isn't a function of how many calories are in the food, but how hungry you feel (assuming that the willpower you can put into fighting against your hunger is constant). Therefore the best foods to eat would be the ones with the largest "satiety load&qu

The "appripriate" foods fill you up. It's all a psychological trick.

I think it's related to the fermentation going on in your stomach. I'm not sure if it's the best way to become satiated.I personally find saturated fats to be much more satiating, I can go without food for a full day without feeling hungry if I eat enough.