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0 pointscom2kid3y ago0 comments

That list is ... suspect?

> Lowfat yogurt

I've never been satiated eating lowfat yogurt. I actually recently started buying high fat yogurt (10g+ of fat) and it is super satiating. Given I can eat 3x the amount of lowfat yogurt and still not be full, I'm not buying it.

> Watermelon

Maybe due to bloating from water?

> Bean sprouts

I challenge anyone to get full eating just bean sprouts. Again, they are more akin to drinking (crunchy) water than eating food. It is maybe a mechanical sense of fullness, it is not satiated as is normally thought of.

> Fish, broiled

I get bored eating fish long before I get full from eating fish.

> Sirloin steak, broiled

Yes, this works. Steak is super satiating.

> Popcorn

Has anyone in the history of humanity ever been satiated eating popcorn? To be fair I know a few people who go to the movies and eat only a small bit, but most people I know can easily down an entire large bag and it'll have no impact on their appetite soon after.

> Oranges

Eh, this also falls into the category of "hungry a little bit later."

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mrguyorama3y ago

>Has anyone in the history of humanity ever been satiated eating popcorn? To be fair I know a few people who go to the movies and eat only a small bit, but most people I know can easily down an entire large bag and it'll have no impact on their appetite soon after.

I'll take this one. I actually 100% agree that list is useless, but an entire bag of microwave popcorn is extremely satiating to me. It's the perfect midnight snack IME because it is only 400ish Calories and yet takes up a large volume of space and takes a significant amount of time to eat.

tharkun__3y ago

That's not what satiated is really about though. Its like the other suggestions like watermelon. You feel full from all the water you just ate. And very soon after you will be hungry again and crave more sugar. Same with the popcorn. Soon after, maybe less soon than watermelon, sure, you will be hungry again. Meaning you definitely can go eat that burger and fries after the film. Not good ;) Eating that microwave bag slowly hopefully means you'll just go to bed before you're hungry but you definitely will be hungry again for breakfast. If instead you just had a huge steak in front of the TV (nothing else, just steak. If it's a good one, then no salt or pepper needed even, never mind a sauce) you will probably not want to eat again until lunch the next day. Unless your body is just always in sugar and carb craving mode of course. You'll have to get it out of that and get your system working properly again.

mminer2373y ago

Well that's satiety/calories. So water will be have an index of infinity even if it's effect is rather small.

I was more just linking it to highlight the 1995 study. Potatoes were by far the most satiating food found and far exceeding what NutritionData's modeling predicts it would be. (And FWIW, yoghurt was found to be much less satiating than the numbers would suggest.)

s1artibartfast3y ago

>Has anyone in the history of humanity ever been satiated eating popcorn?

All the time. I make it from kernels so I'm not sure on how much is in a bag. I will make between 4 and 6 cups worth and that will do me in. For a real challenge, eat it with chopsticks and hard to go through half as much

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