Re: No Hunger When Fasting

[Guest guest]

If ever I try CR, I think that might be the only way to achieve it. I

suppose if you could work it into your lifestyle it might be the ideal

solution. You get the health and lifespan benefits without feeling

hunger, nor 'wasting' time with extraneous cooking and food preparing.

I'm really curious behind the chemical basis behind all this. I

suppose when in close contact with palatable food some chemical get's

triggered and you hit a point of no return...or something.

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> Yeah, oddly enough (or not so oddly) the times when I truly do NOT

> feel hungry --- is when I'm fasting! It's made me realize to

> what extent eating [hunger] is psychological in nature.

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[Guest guest]

I too experience the same fasting-hunger characteristic that & Warren

describe. I have guessed that this relates to some sort of blood-sugar or

insulin reaction. Normally after eating, I have to wait out the hunger until

I again get into the "fasting" state. Metformin has the reputation of lessening

that hunger effect after eating.

paultheo2000 wrote:

I'm really

curious behind the chemical basis behind all this. I

suppose when in close contact with palatable food some chemical get's

triggered and you hit a point of no return...or something.

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> Yeah, oddly enough (or not so oddly) the times when I truly do NOT

> feel hungry --- is when I'm fasting! It's made me realize to

> what extent eating [hunger] is psychological in nature.

>

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[Guest guest]

So true! After eating a meal... the hunger lingers on for a good hour

(not the twenty minutes commonly alluded too). Only after 1-2 hours

can I say 'I'm not hungry'. Till then I have to psych myself out of

snacking.

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> > > Yeah, oddly enough (or not so oddly) the times when I truly do NOT

> > > feel hungry --- is when I'm fasting! It's made me realize to

> > > what extent eating [hunger] is psychological in nature.

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[Guest guest]

In a message dated 10/9/03 3:56:10 AM Pacific Daylight Time, writes:

Hello and CR ALL:

Funny thing about hunger and fasting. Like you too ,

I have no hunger when fasting. But after making the decision

to eat, or after starting to eat, then I am hungry.

-- Warren

I think this is interesting! How much of our mind can control our bodies? You decided to fast, you were not hungry...you decide to be hungry and there you are. Thoughts perhaps, are really powerful!

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[Guest guest]

> In a message dated 10/9/03 3:56:10 AM Pacific Daylight Time,

> writes:

>

> > Hello and CR ALL:

> >

> > Funny thing about hunger and fasting. Like you too ,

> > I have no hunger when fasting. But after making the decision

> > to eat, or after starting to eat, then I am hungry.

> >

> > -- Warren

> I think this is interesting! How much of our mind can control our

bodies?

*****They aren't two separate entities. There is only one thing: the

mindbody complex.

> Thoughts perhaps, are really powerful!

*****You betcha! What do you think causes virtually all wars?

Thoughts!

And, to give them a fair " hearing, " it should be noted that thoughts

have been scientifically demonstrated to heal.

What do we know of the world, except our thoughts?

[Guest guest]

I won't speak for Warren, but I don't think it's the decision 'to be

hungry' per se. It's that, in the presence of food, (especially after

you've started eating) the hunger mechanism seems to get into action!

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> In a message dated 10/9/03 3:56:10 AM Pacific Daylight Time,

> writes:

>

> > Hello and CR ALL:

> >

> > Funny thing about hunger and fasting. Like you too ,

> > I have no hunger when fasting. But after making the decision

> > to eat, or after starting to eat, then I am hungry.

> >

> > -- Warren

>

> I think this is interesting! How much of our mind can control our

bodies?

> You decided to fast, you were not hungry...you decide to be hungry

and there

> you are. Thoughts perhaps, are really powerful!

>

> a