To think some amount of pain when hungry is not necessarily a problem?

I was reading about food, and most of us have no idea what true hunger is! That would be not eating for a couple of days, as we would have done in the past.

I have low blood pressure and am prone to fainting if I allow myself to get too hungry.

Yes! Never felt actual pain but do feel really sick, it then puts me off eating! I also sneeze when I feel sick from hunger but not when I feel sick for any other reason.

If you're drinking enough and eating the right kinds of foods it shouldn't be necessary to feel that hungry. I never find it works well for me to become that hungry and would eat an oatcake or something to avoid it.

We feel hunger for a reason and I think it’s important to listen to it.

Its like taking paracetamol all day to not feel any pain but that’s silly.

Most of the time, when we think we need a snack we’re actually just thirsty.
Some people get acid reflux from it because they’re not drinking enough.

But I don’t think it should be painful and obviously if you’re slimmer and have a faster metabolism or younger or more active, then you’re going to need to eat more regularly and so I think it’s important to feel hunger but not judge people for how often they eat.

Yes, me! I've always thought it was very weird, but I'm glad it's not just me.

Actual pain? Then you probably have acid reflux or something wrong. I would agree with your mum then it's probably better to eat before getting to that stage. I've had a stomach ulcer before and they are a pita.

It’s an article by somebody on a website called Dietlicious and is talking nonsense.

Yes - this is why I can’t follow the ‘only eat when you’re actually hungry’ mantra. I feel very nauseous and headachy if I get to that point. It’s horrible.

I could definitely ignore stomach pain but I get really lightheaded when I’m hungry so I can’t actually function properly. I blame my weight issues on this.

I would never experience it as pain! If it’s actually painful that’s not good.

This. Being hungry can be an uncomfortable feeling, but pain?...I am baffled and I sometimes fast. I guess dofferent people have dofferent ideas about what pain is, otherwise I cannot understand this

Does anyone else ever feel sick when they're hungry?

I find I feel like I'm gonna (and sometimes do) throw up if I go too long without eating, it happens.

It actually happened today so I stopped and got a drink and chocolate bar from the corner shop between jobs.

www.dietlicious.com.au/blog/why-it-s-ok-to-be-hungry/

I can let myself get hungry, feel hunger pangs, but I’ve never felt actual pain, so I’d agree with your mum, if you get to the stags you feel physical pain you should eat.

I googled and discomfort is what you should feel, but not pain.

If I leave eating to the point of physical pain, I will definitely binge. I plan my meals ahead of time to prevent mindless overeating. But if you can feel really hungry and then eat a normal amount it isn’t going to do you physical harm.

My last ex (who was on the spectrum) used to struggle with any kind of physical discomfort. So he would eat every four hours, because even the feeling of a slightly rumbling stomach was too much for him. He'd also sit indoors with all the curtains drawn on sunny days because he couldn't cope with being even slightly sweaty.

So I have deduced that different people have different tolerances for the same thing. I only eat one meal a day, at the end of the day. By the time that comes around my stomach is grumbling but I don't feel in pain of any kind, just ready for my dinner. But to someone else that feeling might register as acute pain.

This is really fascinating!

I can feel that gnawing hunger pain. Not so much now but when I was young it was terrible! In my 20s I’d carry an “emergency Mars bar”. I don’t get light headed (afaik).

It happens less as I get older. But now that I’m getting the dreaded ‘meno-belly’ I’m trying to go back to feeling my hunger.

But it’s really interesting to read others descriptions of hunger.

I’m not very fit so they leave me feeling quite unwell 🤣 I’d probably throw up

I do 5:2 fasting and I quite enjoy that empty stomach rumbling feeling, and I look forward to the next meal. I have never experienced anything I would describe as pain when hungry.

If your stomach acid is hurting your stomach lining you aren't hungry, you have an ulcer.

I've never felt pain from hunger unless you count headaches

rumbling is fine. a funny feeling then is fine, in your tummy area just above the belly button

actual gnawing pain especially at the front where your bra sits right in the middle is likely acid rising and burning your gullet. not good. your stomach is flameproof kind of thing but your gullet is not. That kind of pain needs investigated.

chewing gum can cause your stomach to work hard, all that saliva.

How can you go on a run when you’re hungry! I’d have a very small snack at least.

I never really feel hungry. I do intermittent fasting and every other week I do a 48 hour fast.