On the Shangri-La Diet forums, David, who is 6′ 4″ and about 340 pounds, wrote about his recent experience with the diet. He wants to lose about 120 pounds. Sugar water and oil didn’t work very well. Low carb didn’t work. Then he tried nose-clipping:
Last Friday, August 14th, I tried nose clipping. The relief was immediate. The hunger subsided and I even lost a couple of pounds. On Saturday I decided to try clipping every time I ate anything. By evening I could not eat my entire dinner. When I tried, I got nauseous. I actually thought I was going to vomit for awhile.
I am very curious what happens next.
I’m curious as to what’s going on biochemically here. Obviously something is, perhaps hormones. Maybe eating while nose-clipped blunts the insulin response and that means hunger is reduced.
I am not refuting the noseclipping effect. However, I have noted that when I am very congested (e.g. I cannot breathe through my nose at all), I am extremely uncomfortable eating due to the inability to breathe well while chewing. In addition, I also often either get nauseous or feel full early, and my belief was it was because I was swallowing air in the awkward process of trying to eat and breathe through the same passage.