APPETTITE APPETTITE and and

SPIRITUALITYSPIRITUALITY

Dr Raymond ArhinDr Raymond ArhinAdapted from Sharon Robles MDAdapted from Sharon Robles MD

Appettite is complexAppettite is complex

Taste Taste SMELL SMELL SIGHTSIGHT TOUCH TOUCH HEARINGHEARING

BRAIN BRAIN CHEMISTRYCHEMISTRY

GUT CHEMISTRYGUT CHEMISTRY METABOLISMMETABOLISM PSYCHOLOGYPSYCHOLOGY

WHAT IS APPETTITE?WHAT IS APPETTITE?

A strong desire to satisfy any bodily need A strong desire to satisfy any bodily need or cravingor craving

Desire for Food or DrinkDesire for Food or Drink A strong wish or urgeA strong wish or urge Needs vrs WantsNeeds vrs Wants Clothing, Music, Intellectual, Aesthethics Clothing, Music, Intellectual, Aesthethics Love and sex sense of belongingLove and sex sense of belonging Maslows hierachyMaslows hierachy

HungerHunger

When your stomach is empty, signals When your stomach is empty, signals are sent from the stomach to the are sent from the stomach to the brain. These signals will send you in brain. These signals will send you in search of food.search of food.

Typically you would get hungry at Typically you would get hungry at the same time every day because the same time every day because your body knows your schedule. your body knows your schedule.

sensessenses

Your appettite can be stimulated by Your appettite can be stimulated by the sight and smell of food or even the sight and smell of food or even mention of foodmention of food

Taste and smell are are closely Taste and smell are are closely linked together.linked together.

Smell-olfactory nerve-Brain-Frontal Smell-olfactory nerve-Brain-Frontal aspect of brain and also linked aspect of brain and also linked tolimbic systemtolimbic system

As you eat the stomach become full As you eat the stomach become full and the strecthing sends signals to and the strecthing sends signals to the brain that the stomach is full so the brain that the stomach is full so stop eatingstop eating

This may take a few minutes. You This may take a few minutes. You may however carry on eating and may however carry on eating and end up being too full.end up being too full.

Phinehas P GagePhinehas P Gage

Suffered a terrible accident, Suffered a terrible accident, destroyed his frontal brain, survived destroyed his frontal brain, survived but personality changed.but personality changed.

The hypothalamus is responsible for regulating your hunger, thirst, response to pain, levels of pleasure, sexual satisfaction, anger and aggressive behavior, and more.  It also regulates the functioning of the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous systems, which in turn means it regulates things like pulse, blood pressure, breathing, and arousal in response to emotional circumstances.

In response to a variety of stimuli, In response to a variety of stimuli, emotions arise in the limbic system, emotions arise in the limbic system, travelling along neural pathways to travelling along neural pathways to the frontal lobes of the cortex, where the frontal lobes of the cortex, where feelings are monitored and feelings are monitored and interpreted. These two brain interpreted. These two brain structures next influence the structures next influence the hypothalamus, which transmits the hypothalamus, which transmits the messages that trigger appropriate messages that trigger appropriate physical responses.” physical responses.”

Rev 14:9Rev 14:9

14:9 And the third 14:9 And the third angelangel followed followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any them, saying with a loud voice, If any man man worshipworship the the beastbeast and his and his image, and receive [his] mark in his image, and receive [his] mark in his foreheadforehead, or in his , or in his handhand