Am I 'Hangry', Or Just An Ars*hole?

We all know that feeling, when you or someone you're with hasn't eaten for hours and stress and anger starts to take over, as you becoming irrationally enraged with everything and everyone, and you know it won't stop until that need for food is satisfied. But is being 'hangry' a real emotion, or just an excuse for bad behaviour? The Quicky speaks to an expert in human science, and a celebrity who recently walked off a show for being hangry to find out what is happening in our brains when our stomach is empty, and what you can do to ensure that rumbling tum doesn't take over.  CREDITS  Host: Claire Murphy With thanks to:  Beau Ryan - Former professional NRL player, host of The Amazing Race Australia, and recently a contestant on I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here Professor Amanda Salis - Senior Principal Research Fellow in the School of Human Science at the University of Western Australia, and leader of a research team that aims to help people to attain and maintain an optimum body weight and composition. You can read more about Amanda's scientific explanation behind 'hanger' here  Producer: Claire Murphy Executive Producer: Siobhán Moran-McFarlane Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/ CONTACT US Got a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us an email at [email protected] GET IN TOUCH: Feedback? We’re listening! Call the pod phone on 02 8999 9386 or email us at [email protected] Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures. Just by reading or listening to our content, you’re helping to fund girls in schools in some of the most disadvantaged countries in the world - through our partnership with Room to Read. We’re currently funding 300 girls in school every day and our aim is to get to 1,000. Find out more about Mamamia at mamamia.com.au Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.