If I hadn’t been sitting down already, I would have fallen over.

Kyrie.  Our very own little human food processor set down her chocolate pudding last night and said, “I’m full, daddy.”

I don’t think I’ve EVER heard her say that.

What’s different?  No HFCS in any of the food and it was all cooked from scratch (by me).  She had half of a BBQ pork sandwich and a small bowl of my parmesan baked potato soup.  That’s it.

She didn’t scarf it down by any means, I’d say she finished in 20 minutes or so.  We all sat on the couch watching Heroes and ate our dinner and about 30 minutes after we were all finished, it was dessert time.  Chocolate pudding.  I got her about 1/4 cup of pudding in a bowl, she took a few bites and that was it, she couldn’t finish it.

That was so unusual for her, I’ve never seen her turn down anything that has chocolate in it.

The only thing I can attribute this change in appetite to is the no HFCS.

It is my understanding, and I may be wrong, I’m not doctor, that HFCS does not cause or interact or prevents (I don’t know which) the bodies release of insulin and something called leptin which both generate an adiposity signal.  This signal tells your brain, “stop eating, the body has had enough”.  Tonya and I noticed this as well, especially with the soup, a small bowl really filled us up and we were content for a few hours after that.