I hear you, Jody. I have had that, too, most of my life. Once I get all sugar and white starches cleaned out of my system, it is lessened which would correspond to what they're saying in that article.

I'm on Prednisone right now, major dosage, and one thing it does is make you hungry all the time so I'm fighting it constantly. I almost made myself sick last night and then I literally had to throw good food into the trash so I wouldn't continue eating. I saw the same thing happen to my poor sister and she was on prednisone almost constantly for the last years of her life. Thankfully, I'm only on it for 10 days.

The only time I didn't have any hunger was Atkins Phase I (the old Atkins) when dinner was likely to be turkey breast sauteed in olive oil or butter with green peppers and onions and mushrooms and then cream and swiss cheese over it to make a thick gravey. I love a lot of weight but my cholesterol went up. Shit. And it tasted wonderful. But, by God, that and a salad and I was satisfied. There is a perfect diet out for me; I'm just not sure what it is.

As you know well, I'm sure, calorie counting is a bunch of hype shit dietitians use to justify their existence. It's all about getting the body to burn fat and staying away from unhealthy carbs. Not all diets are good for all body types. They've finally scientifically proved that. Wish I watched Dr. Oz every day. He has some good info on this, some of it cutting edge stuff.