How the Food Industry Engineers the Need to Eat

Re:How the Food Industry Engineers the Need to Eat by vinceguidry on Friday December 11, 2015 @11:04AM (#10717849)

I've done IF and lost 40 lbs with it. My advice is to eat something really small, and see what the smallest breakfast you can get away with is. After a month or so, try stopping breakfast and see how you make out then.

My understanding is that the gut and vagus nerve are very sensitive to disruptions, any changes in routine have large initial perceived effects, until a new equilibrium is established. I think this mechanism is why diets are so faddish and people think they have food allergies when they actually don't.

So, mitigate the worst of the symptoms, be willing to accept some temporary discomfort, and iterate towards a better diet over time.

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Re:How the Food Industry Engineers the Need to Eat by kaybe on Friday December 11, 2015 @11:26AM (#10717984)

Maybe it helps to be a bit heavier. I used to almost faint without breakfast and running to catch the tram, but I gained a bit of weight (back into normal range) since then and now I can do it.

(Travelling and hiking on rice and vegetables seems to be very good for weight loss without hunger.)

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