kitzune

Well, it's not always 'getting your desires under control'. If your insulin level is low (not critically, but lower than average), your fighting with a desire to eat something sweet will end in a sweet-eating attack. Knowledge is a bit more correct answer there. If you know what and why happens in your organism, it's easier to regulate the processes.

I believe that it's not about participating in the war, it's about consciousness. Keeping your mind clear and focused, understanding what kind of information and to the purpose of what you are consuming. Thoroughly separating the information you really need and the one you are forced to deal with.

In my mind, the process within your brain is very similar to digestion in its most biological meaning. Your functioning, your physical and mental form depends on what you eat, what amounts of nutritients you get from food. And it's a matter of every individual's choice how to feed your organism and what to demand in return.