Today (I wrote this text on the 20th of January, 2024), I will try to write about the “Hunger vs. Appetite” battle. This is a battle that many of us may not even realize we’re fighting, but understanding it can have a profound impact on our health and well-being.
I believe most people living in the broadly defined Western world, with me at the forefront, do not know what hunger is. I remember my beloved Grandmother saying that she rejected all diets because she was a hunger victim during World War II. She experienced true hunger and a lack of food during her youth age. Thus, after World War II, she wanted to eat whatever she liked and dismissed diets. I’ve never experienced such a traumatic hunger. The only thing I encountered in terms of eating is a healthy appetite. This appetite has its source in one’s mind. The longer I practice intermittent fasting, an approach that involves cycling between periods of eating and fasting, the more I differentiate between hunger vs. appetite.
Overeating is a horrible problem in the third decade of the 21st century.
Since the ’80s, the level of people ill with type 2 diabetes (NIDDM) has quadrupled. The reason is one: overeating. During times of war, such as World War I and World War II, the number of people ill with type 2 diabetes decreased. Why? Because during those horrible times, there was a general lack of food. I know this because I read a book about intermittent fasting by Dr. Jason Fung. Of course, both intermittent fasting and exposing one’s body to coldness won’t solve one’s problems. Still, I am convinced that doing the two things mentioned in the previous phase and adding physical activity is critical to becoming a healthier and more robust human.
Remember, my Dear Friend, not eating in a controlled way will boost your power.
It will make you stronger. Both human growth hormone and adrenaline levels will increase during posting. That’s why your muscles won’t decrease, but they can grow. Only your fat tissue will reduce because your brain, lungs, liver, and heart will take energy from fat tissue, not from glucose in your blood.
