Research "Resistant Starches" and how they can help a person lose weight and balance hormones (and help with other health issues), including hunger hormones. There are some neat tricks to it like eating some of the foods cold after they've been cooked, it raises the level of resistant hormones. Balanced my hunger hormones within 48 hours and stopped my cravings for sugar. I have been off of grains and refined sugar for 7 months now and have lost 40 pounds.