appetite and weight loss

[Dr. Jai Maharaj]

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In sci.med.nutrition, in the article <46lbvd$p...@news.jhu.edu>,
bearing the date and time 25 Oct 1995 12:53:01 UTC,
bl...@bard.mb.jhu.edu (Dave Blake) wrote:
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> The perception of the smell of food is one of the most potent
> enhancers of appetite. So much so that one of the first clues to
> diagnosing someone with Alzheimer's is that they lose their
> appetite. Alzheimer's causes degeneration of the olfactory
> nerve, which carries the neural signals for smell. [...]
> - Dave Blake <dbl...@bme.jhu.edu>

Above, Dave Blake presents a valid argument against the placing of
dead animals, birds and fish on one's food plate -- not to mention
the chewing and swallowing of their raw or half-burnt, coagulated
mass of flesh and blood. The perception of sight also plays a key
role in digestion, hence nutrition.

Jai Maharaj <j...@mantra.com> *-=Om Shanti=-*
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[The Quon Family]

So many people trying to lose weight look for something that curbs
their appetite, but I seem to have the opposite problem.

For the last year I have had little or no appetite. However, I seem to
be one of those people who has to eat every couple of hours. Odder
still, I seem to need protein every couple of hours. If I don't eat
it, I become one or more of the following: weak, depressed, cranky,
shakey, lethargic, mentally slow. The effect is rather extreme, as
opposed to a mild mood shift.

So here I am day after day becoming more and more bored with food and
eating. I can tell it's time to eat so I go to the kitchen, but
nothing looks good. I go to the market and nothing looks good. So I'm
basically force feeding myself most of the time. Occaisionally I have
real hunger and actually enjoy my food, but not that often.

In the past year I have been hypothyroid and anemic, but we think both
of these have been corrected, and I still have no appetite. Sometimes
food even makes me queasy.

Any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated!

Thanks,

Elaine
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The Quon Family
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[Tova Newmark]

Dave Blake (bl...@bard.mb.jhu.edu) wrote:
: In article <46k16d$m...@ixnews7.ix.netcom.com>, qu...@ix.netcom.com says...
: >
: >So many people trying to lose weight look for something that curbs

: The perception of the smell of food is one of the most potent

: enhancers of appetite. So much so that one of the first clues
: to diagnosing someone with Alzheimer's is that they lose their
: appetite. Alzheimer's causes degeneration of the olfactory nerve,
: which carries the neural signals for smell.

: So perhaps by placing yourself in aromatic surroundings you
: could enhance your weak appetite.

: Dave Blake
: dbl...@bme.jhu.edu

I too have this problem. But I know why. I think it's because I was
anorexic and now I just don't like food. I have to force myself to eat
because I just don't like the taste of food anymore and don't care for
it. But perhaps if you learned how to cook or bake, you would develop
more of a feel for food. Or how about trying soft music. You may never
learn to like food, but make it spicy and try different and interesting
spices and shapes to "spice" up your appetite and food.

Asta lavista,
Samantha Harris