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My personal experience contradicts this. I fasted a few days sometime ago. The first day was OK, the second was miserable and terrible, but then I got "used" to
by tomp 7y ago
My personal experience contradicts this. I fasted a few days sometime ago. The first day was OK, the second was miserable and terrible, but then I got "used" to it and stopped feeling hungry (or, alternatively, my brain got used to the stimulus of "hunger" and, even though I could still feel it, it wasn't salient any longer... à la neural adaptation [0]).
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neural_adaptation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neural_adaptation
- tonyedgecombe 7y agoI recently read about an interesting experiment on conscientious objectors during the war. They were fed a very restricted diet (in terms of calories) and observed. As it went on they became obsessed with food, they would take recipe books from the library and even collect cooking implements. I guess it's not that surprising from an evolutionary perspective.
- DanBC 7y agoThe famous experiment is the Minnesota Starvation Experiment. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnesota_Starvation_Experiment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnesota_Starvation_Experimen... https://www.eatingdisorderhope.com/information/anorexia/the-minnesota-starvation-study-important-insights-to-help-us-understand-a-loved-one-suffering-from-anorexia https://www.eatingdisorderhope.com/information/anorexia/the-...