We all know that feeling…maybe you skipped breakfast or didn’t have time for lunch and now you’re getting more and more mad, the hungrier you get.

Is being “hangry” real?

Most defintely YES, according to the NY Post.

It mostly boils down to something called your “gut-brain axis”  the busy communication line between your stomach and brain.

Imagine a steady stream of texts between two friends.  When you’re hungry, your stomach sends a text to your brain that says “feed me” and if you don’t respond fast enough by eating, those texts get more and more frequent.

Not eating drops your blood sugar too, which can make you produce more of the stress hormone cortisol and when you’re hungry, you also make less of the feel-good hormone serotonin.

All of which creates the “hanger”!

How can you combat it?

According to an expert, here are the five best foods to snack on if you want to avoid being “hangry”:

• Crunchy vegetables like carrots, celery, and cucumber
• Chickpeas
• Greek yogurt
• Berries
• Almonds