Hormones and eating homeostasis - maintenance of stable levels homeostasis implies that there is a standard reference level or set point around which a factor can vary. It also implies that there must be a detection system to recognize deviations from the set point and that this detection system must be able to mobilize either physiology or behavior to correct the deviation and finally that the detection system be able to recognize when the correction has been effective and stop the mobilization process.
Most meals produce an energy excess.
That is, low levels of insulin cause an increase in food intake, moderate levels cause food intake to decline and high levels cause food intake to increase Abnormalities of insulin release underscore the homeostatic process. None of this sugar is being transferred to the muscles or fat so peripheral tissues feel that they are starving. The individual thus increases food intake. Indicates that detectors mediating hunger cannot be located exclusively in the brain. The individual thus increases food intake.