Ever heard of the word ‘Hangry’? Well it is just a word play adding hunger and angry but it does mean something scientifically. People generally get very irritable or angry when they are hungry and no, this doesn’t mean you have a temper issue. This is all scientific and biological.

Our brain needs sugar to work properly. In between meals, sugar levels dip resulting in a dip in the performance of brain too. This dip causes a temporary inability to behave within socially acceptable norms and can make you scream or snap at people. Now the brain can’t stop and wait for you to have food so that it can start functioning again. It just sends command to various organs of your body to increase the sugar in your system.

The adrenaline hormone is one such hormone that regulates the glucose levels. So its increased dose makes you shout at people. And the story doesn’t stop here. Finally, the neuropeptide Y is released into the brain when you are hungry. It stimulates ravenous feeding behaviours by acting on various brain receptors including the Y1 receptor. The catch is…. these same two chemicals regulate anger in your brain. So the more you are hungry, the higher the levels of neuropeptide Y and Y1 and the higher will be your hangryness!

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Author:Technology Blog