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Re:Meal timing strategies appear to lower appetite, improve ... by chillydawg on Sunday July 28, 2019 @04:33AM (#20546468)
I've no idea about how cravings work in general, but when I have a craving for two pizzas it's absolutely nothing to do with nutrients. I think you're probably correct for some subset of people/situations, but there's also a whole set of people who are effectively addicted to food and the cravings are almost 0% to do with not having the correct nutrients.
Re:Meal timing strategies appear to lower appetite, improve ... by toss1 on Sunday July 28, 2019 @10:07AM (#20547596)
Yes, there is that, although I'd put that in a different class of cravings, almost engineered cravings created/exploited by the food industry, where foods are engineered for taste and repeated consumption, e.g., drinks that make you more thirsty, or overladen salt & sweet flavors that we're just generally programmed to seek because they are rare in nature, but engineer-able.

I noticed one study a long time ago just about flavor. Basically, rats, being fed standard rat chow, with nutrients and calories kept constant, both groups had full access to the food. Group A had one flavor, Group B had six flavors. Group B gained a lot more weight. So, merely restricting flavor choice will reduce your inclination to eat, and conversely, food engineers creating foods with lots of flavors will increase food and eating...

Re:Meal timing strategies appear to lower appetite, improve ... by mosselman on Sunday July 28, 2019 @06:09AM (#20546740)
You supposedly craving two pizzas rather than just pizza sounds like nonsense to me. It is far too specific to be a craving, if anything it sounds more like a habit to me. Whenever I eat pizza I share a small one with my wife and I still feel like I overate.