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Yeah, it's the same with the farmers and stuff around here. And most people used to be farmers.

It was the industrial age that switched our meals around, and the information age is starting to reverse that, as our increasingly sedentary jobs and home office make our nutritional needs more like that of monks in a scriptorium, than like farmers, and we're turning to fasting to help us adjust without having to obsess over our diets too much.
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MichaelJ 1y ago

A lot of people seem also to eat for the sake of stimulation, rather than just because they're hungry. If you have a high metabolism, you can get away with that sometimes, but if not, you need to learn to adjust your desire to eat to correspond with your body's actual needs.

This also applies to what you eat. Proteins and fats will give you longer lasting energy, so those will make for better snacks than carbs and sugar.

I think most people would find a lot of benefit by getting rid of high-carb and high sugar snack foods from their pantry and waiting until they're hungry to go looking for food.

Coffee or tea is a decent way to have something to sip on if you just want stimulation.

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Laeserin 1y ago

Thin broth also seems to be a good choice. Many people actually can't tell the difference between hunger and thirst, so it's a good idea to drink something and wait 15 minutes to see if the sensation goes away.

And some people are simply sensitive to the movements in their bowels and that can be confused with hunger. Lots of people have IBS or PMS, for instance, that can suddenly increase the urge to eat or even gorge on food.

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Laeserin 1y ago

That's one reason why so many people like to drink coffee as breakfast or after meals. It is an intestinal stimulant and they're more alert after they clear their bowels.

And some people are like guinea pigs. They can't take a dump until they put something in their stomach, and warm drinks work as well as food. This seems to have evolved, so that humans eat and poop at home or on breaks while traveling, to help coordinate potty breaks as a group and prevent them from getting picked off by predators.

Okay, TMI. 🤣🤣 This is turning into an episode of Dr. Colon.