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The symptoms of Vitamin E deficiency are neurological. This article from a reputable source has sections on symptoms of Vitamin E deficiency and food sources among other info: https://lpi.oregonstate.edu/mic/vitamins/vitamin-E#deficiency-symptoms
I don’t know the exact answer to that, however, I just want to add that there are a number of reasons why you could have a sudden/insatiable hunger, that doesn’t have to do with nutrient deficiency.
You have to think of it this way, hunger is the result of a hormonal cue, which is designed to “nudge” you towards eating. For example, your thyroid hormones can play a huge role in your appetite and hunger signals, depending on what they are doing.
Even medication can mess with your appetite
Basically my point is. This could be way outside of the realm of nutrition.
I’m not diagnosing you, just pointing out that things like this are not necessarily nutrient related. This is why we should see a doctor, get our yearly blood tests, because we are not like cars, we can’t always “pop the hood” so to speak and know what’s going on.
That being said - eating a diet with suffient fat and protein should help with satiety. Protein especially. It’s not a perfect system, and it doesn’t stop a person from over-eating, it’s simply a strategy that is linked to less over-eating.
But, again, if someone is SO genuinely hungry, they’re eating 200% of their calorie budget in order to satisfy it - it is doctor time.
I certainly don’t have insatiable hunger & what people on a healthy vegan diet report is that their hunger cravings go DOWN, not up.
I guess I’m getting my vitamin E from nuts & seeds.
Your main question doesn’t make sense to me, but if your question is related to something you see in real life, vitamin b12 may be the culprit:
I recently had a conversation with a father of a vegan daughter. The daughter gets cravings for meat every two weeks (and she then proceeds to eat meat). Based on that discussion, I suspect vegans who don’t supplement their vitamin b12 may get cravings. 20 years ago there was also the persistent myth that kids of vegan parents who got into ‘normal’ households would just take meat straight out of the fridge to eat it.
All this is anecdotal.
We do know that many people, and certainly vegans and vegetarians, should supplement b12 for optimal health.
(note that the vitamin b12 in most meats comes from the b12 the animals themselves get fed - it’s turtles all the way down. Also that eating meat lowers the absorption of b12 in some cases. Funnily enough we produce b12 in the large intestine, but are unable to absorb it there. This may be why the great apes eat their own faeces. Biology is weird. )
Hunger is regulated by other things. Ghrelin for instance.
Now it’s science that’s still being very much debated but it seems more evidence is being delivered to show that protein intake is a very important factor here. More than many others. Cannot find the latest review I read last week about it.
There is evidence in general that protein and fiber increase satiety. Higher satiety lowers food intake. And indirectly kcal intake.
Fats also increase satiety but do contain a lot of energy as well. It’s still not fully known how and if grhelin and other hormones related to homeostasis actually go out of whack and cause obesity. But it’s seen that there’s insulting resistance and maybe grhelin resistance as well. Or at least, I don’t knowing evidence. I’m not a doctor or dietician.