The same thing happens to me. I adore apples and i grab one in the morning when im hungry for a snack and i jus get hungrier. i cant get full even when i do put peanut butter on it. does anyone have advice for any kind of snacks that will keep me full?thanx

A boiled egg usually does the trick for me. 78 cals for one so calorie-wise its about the same as an apple but it is more effective at keeping those hunger pangs at bay =)

I love apples but I am practically starving after eating them. Usually a handful of almonds keeps my hunger at bay or else some yogurt does the trick nicely. Funnily enough, sometimes a fruit tea/infusion is enough to keep the munchies away until dinnertime: the sweetness of the fruit and the hot water seem to work wonders..

i thought i was crazy b/c apples have the same effect on me! i actually heard that apples were supposed to make you fuller, so i was massively confused when it seemed to have the opposite effect. thanks, fit, for helping me feel sane again!

The seem to do the same to me, too, but my "after-work" snack is almost alwayus an apple with a few bits of cheese or peanut butter, followed by a couple cups of green tea and I'm good until dinner.

I'm always hungry after eating apples by them selves! Eating one with a light laughing cow cheese wedge or a couple teaspoons of peanut butter does the trick!

What? This is news to me.. I eat an apple almost every day for a snack and it fills me up. I hope I don't mentally think that I am not full now, after reading this : )

I thought this was just me too! I try to eat them with cheese wedges or peanut butter..

it's the same thing with bagels...as soon as I finish eating one I get very hungry....I only eat them like once every 2 months (when I go home to Long Island where the bagels are best) but it is still annoying.

I love apples because they're a negative calorie food.

Ditto to what Jenintx had to say!!!!!!!!

I'm so glad to hear I'm not the only one! I try to avoid eating apples when I'm hungry because it always makes me more hungry.

Huh? This doesn't happen to me.

I'm slightly amused that the posters name is Eve. On a more serious note, I thought only artificial sweetners spiked blood sugar..?

I'm slightly amused that the posters name is Eve. On a more serious note, I thought only artificial sweetners spiked blood sugar..?

i thought i was going crazy too!!!

and I didn't know they were a negative calorie food aimebee but your right! I just looked it up online and there are actually numerous fruits/vegetables (besides celery and cucumbers...the only ones I thought)that are neg. calories because it takes the same/more amount to digest them. thanks for the new info!

i was eating an apple when i was reading this post. i'll let you guys know when i get hungry!! haha

this always happens to me, I'm glad to know that i'm not crazy. whenever i eat an apple — and i adore them — i am ravenous afterwards!

YES. Hunger calls after most fruits I eat, especially apples. What I do is eat them an hour or two before lunch so that, even though they make me hungry, the extra food will keep me from eating like a cow at lunch.

Okay, so here's the follow-up, i'm STARVING now. had an apple 2 hours ago. ugh

Interesting, this also happens to me.

I've never noticed this before...I actually feel full after I eat an apple.

OMG, I thought this was just me! I used to eat apples more often, but got sick of how dang hungry I would be when I was finished, I was hungrier than I was before the apple! That's good to know, I'll keep this in mind next time I pick up an apple.

this is so true... i had an apple yesterday right before class... an hour or so into the class, i was feeling real hungry again

any sugars (including simple carbs!) raise your blood sugar, whether they're natural (found in fruit) or fake. fit's totally right here, just throw some cheese (i LOVE the laughing cow) or a little but of (natural and trans-fat free!!) peanut butter in and you should be set...remember though, it's a snack, not a meal, so don't be surprised when you're hungry again in 2 hours!

also, VicVicVictooriaa, i have the same problem with bagels, but only if i eat them w/out cream cheese/pb. throwing a little cc on there solves the problem in the same way it does for apples! (just not as healthy overall, lol).

In Slavic culture apples have always been thought to raise hunger. Moms give them to kids so they'd it more. And yes, it happens to me sometimes, but I always tried to fight this believe and make myself think they don't make me hungry, as i love love apples. just have 2 for dinner and got hungry only 3 hour later and had some cheese with honey. so it's not bad at all.

somehow after apple i never crave junk food. i grave healthy protein.

That's funny; somebody at work told me that they other day and she said pears have the same affect. I thought she was crazy until I saw a report on it confirming what she said and now all you are saying it. The funny thing is, she could eat pie or canned pears and it does not affect her, which is weird, but obviously she is not alone. I eat apples and they satisfy me fine.

All fruits have that effect on me. Mixing in protien doesn't help, because that is the same way. If I eat eggs, I am hungry in like 20 min. I love apples and peanut butter, but it makes me hungry. I love roast chicken and fresh grapes for dinner, but it makes me hungry. The only thing that seems to fill me up is breads. Makes it really hard to eat right.

Apples always make me hungry, even if I eat them with protein and/or fat. I used to eat them as an appetizer before meals, but I would feel hungrier after the meal than if I had skipped the apple.

They continue to make me hungry, I guess even though I love the taste and the health benefits, I just have to skip them!

If you eat an apple on an empty stomach, it will make you more hungry because it's basically composed of sugar, water and acid, (which your stomach is already roiling with if you're hungry.) Few calories, quickly burned simple sugars; no help there.