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Hunger is a feeling experienced by animals when the glycogen level of the liver falls below a certain point. The usually unpleasant feeling originates in the hypothalamus and is released through receptors in the liver and stomach. An average nourished human can survive about 50 days without food intake, but only three days without fluids. Hunger can also be applied metaphorically to cravings of other sorts.
The term is commonly used more broadly to refer to cases of widespread malnutrition or deprivation among populations, usually due to poverty, political conflicts or instability, or adverse agricultural conditions (famine).
Hunger as a condition
The term hungry is commonly used to mean having an appetite for food or to be ready for a meal. After a long period without food, the mild sensation of hunger associated with being ready for a meal becomes progressively more severe, until it is acutely painful. As hunger grows, most living things will experience some internal effects. In humans and other animals, hunger can cause a gurgling sound with a bubbling feeling in the small intestine (many mistakenly think the stomach does this), and can shrink the stomach. Prolonged hunger will drive people to eat substances with no nutritional value (such as grass and soil) simply to fill their stomachs, but doing so actually has an adverse effect on energy balance as energy is still required to digest these substances. More on [ Hunger ]
O accursed hunger of gold, to what dost thou not compel human hearts! *Virgil
Easy2GoGreen (Goin' Green) Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:10:11 -0000
O accursed hunger of gold, to what dost thou not compel human hearts! *Virgil
Amnesty International Welcomes Morocco's Release of Sahrawi Human Rights Defender after Monthlong Hunger Strike http://twurl.nl/g3y0jn
C_Dreams (Ice Goldberg) Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:57:15 -0000
Amnesty International Welcomes Morocco's Release of Sahrawi Human Rights Defender after Monthlong Hunger Strike http://twurl.nl/g3y0jn
Amnesty Int'l: Sahwari human rights activist returns home after hunger strike: Amnesty International has welcomed t... http://bit.ly/5G9v8l
whogivesashittr (GiveADamn) Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:46:46 -0000
Amnesty Int'l: Sahwari human rights activist returns home after hunger strike: Amnesty International has welcomed t... http://bit.ly/5G9v8l
with all the environment stuff don't forget - human rights - hunger - homeless and jobless people - abused animals - good education - ......
United_People (United People) Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:27:20 -0000
with all the environment stuff don't forget - human rights - hunger - homeless and jobless people - abused animals - good education - ......
O accursed hunger of gold, to what dost thou not compel human hearts! *Virgil
AffiliatePlans (Affiliate) Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:36:40 -0000
O accursed hunger of gold, to what dost thou not compel human hearts! *Virgil
O accursed hunger of gold, to what dost thou not compel human hearts! *Virgil
2Success4Us (Success 4 Us) Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:37:41 -0000
O accursed hunger of gold, to what dost thou not compel human hearts! *Virgil
Vegetarianism Against World Hunger - Paraphrased quote from Peter Singer's Animal Liberation which argues that meat production is inefficient use of grain.
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VegFam Feeding the World - A factsheet on food production arguing that grain should be used to feed people instead of livestock.
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