


When it comes to most hunger pangs, we’re talking about the hormone ghrelin, which is the main hunger hormone and increases appetite.

When you eat, ghrelin levels drop, but if you are overweight they won’t drop as much as they should. When you start to lose weight on a non-ketotic diet, your body senses that it’s being starved and ghrelin levels increase. This is one reason regular diets often fail.

But when you’re on a ketogenic diet, ghrelin levels do not increase as you lose weight.