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WHAT CAUSES US TO WAKE UP TO EAT?
Eating sweets when you are very sad or increasing the consumption of junk food when you are very happy can sound good. Because our emotions control the stomach. For this reason, the changes in the state of emotion are decisive on our eating habits. In particular, an eating disorder at night, triggered by mood disorders, is manifested by a state of excessive appetite in the evening, and in the morning by loss of appetite and anorexia. Nutrition and Diet Specialist gave information about nighttime eating disorder syndrome.
Night eating disorder syndrome, defined as one of the eating disorders, is characterized by the fact that a person wakes up from a night’s sleep and consumes a lot of food immediately after dinner, although it has not yet been eaten.
So much so that people with nighttime eating disorder syndrome experience problems such as not being able to fall asleep without eating, and serious problems occur with their sleep patterns. Behind this syndrome often lie problems such as sleep disorders and stopping breathing during sleep.
One of the most common surprising situations in people with nighttime eating syndrome is waking up full in the morning. This condition causes the person to skip several meals.
A person who does not get enough nutrients in the morning feels an irresistible desire to meet his nutritional needs in the evening and at night. A person who wakes up full in the morning gets the amount of calories he needs to take daily with snacks that he eats after dinner. Therefore, it is accompanied by irrepressible weight problems.
There may be physiological and psychological reasons behind the syndrome of eating at night. One of the most important actors of uncontrollable weight gain is the syndrome of eating at night, which encourages a person to prefer foods that give happiness and raise blood sugar.
Besides that;
– Sleep disturbance,
– Insomnia,
– Depression,
– Anxiety,
– Psychological problems,
– Diabetes,
– Irregular eating habits,
– Obesity,
– Hormonal causes can also cause nighttime eating syndrome.
In order to be able to talk about the syndrome of eating at night, it is first necessary to wake up from a night’s sleep and eat at least for three weeks. In the same way, it is important that he does not have breakfast in the morning, that he wants to overeat from dinner until bedtime, that he thinks that he cannot fall asleep without eating, and that this condition has been going on for at least 3 months.
In addition, people with nocturnal eating disorders have a lack of focus on sleep due to the desire to eat at least 4 days a week.
There is no typical method of treating nighttime eating disorder syndrome. Usually, pharmacological and psychological treatments are applied. Cognitive behavioral therapy and various psychological treatment practices, light therapy, serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), as well as various treatment options are involved.
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PAY ATTENTION TO THESE RECOMMENDATIONS!
– First of all, one should eat an adequate and balanced diet during the day,
– Precautions should be taken for eating crises in the evening, when the metabolism works most slowly,
– Stress factors that push a person to this situation should be avoided,
– Consumption of carbohydrates containing simple sugars such as rice, potatoes should be reduced as much as possible,
– Likewise, sweet foods should be avoided,
– The desire to eat with a light meal 2-3 hours before bedtime should be suppressed,
– In order to balance blood sugar at night, a diet in which protein and carbohydrates are in balance should be adopted,
– Care should be taken to consume fibrous foods during meals.
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Turkey's world-renowned organ transplant specialist. Dr. Demirbaş has 104 international publications and 102 national publications.
Physician's Resume:
Born on August 7, 1963 in Çorum, Prof. Dr. Alper Demirbaş has been continuing his work as the President of MedicalPark Antalya Hospital Organ Transplantation Center since 2008.
Prof. who performed the first tissue incompatible kidney transplant in Turkey, the first blood type incompatible kidney transplant, the first kidney-pancreas transplant program and the first cadaveric donor and live donor liver transplant in Antalya. Dr. As of August 2016, Alper Demirbaş has performed 4900 kidney transplants, 500 liver transplants and 95 pancreas transplants.
In addition to being the chairman of 6 national congresses, he has also been an invited speaker at 12 international and 65 national scientific congresses. Dr. Alper Demirbaş was married and the father of 1 girl and 1 boy.
Awards:
Eczacibasi Medical Award of 2002, Akdeniz University Service Award of 2005, Izder Medical Man of the Year Award of 2006, BÖHAK Medical Man of the Year Award of 2007, Sabah Mediterranean Newspaper Scientist of the Year Award of 2007, ANTIKAD Scientist of the Year Award of 2009, Social Ethics Association Award of 2010, Işık University Medical Man of the Year Award of 2015, VTV Antalya's Brand Value Award of 2015.
Certificates:
Doctor of Medicine Degree Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine Ankara, General Surgeon Ministry of Health Turkey EKFMG (0-477-343-8), University of Miami School of Medicine Member of Multiple Organ Transplant, ASTS Multiorgan Transplant Scholarship. Lecturer at Kyoto University. Lecturer at University of Essen, Research assistant at the University of Cambridge .
Professional Members:
American Society of Transplant Surgeons, American Transplantation Society Nominated, Middle East and Southern Africa Council Transplantation Society 2007, International Liver Transplantation Association, Turkish Transplantation Association, Turkish Society of Surgery, Turkish Hepatobiliary Surgery Association.
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