> Although it sounds counterintuitive, long periods without eating actually decrease your levels of the “eat now” hormone ghrelin. I could not tell you if th

> Although it sounds counterintuitive, long periods without eating actually decrease your levels of the “eat now” hormone ghrelin. I could not tell you if this is psychology or hormonal, but it seems to me after having done it, that the benefit of intermittent fasting is not just "fewer calories on average due to fast days" but also shifting the point at which the body starts to sound the alarms about hunger. You "get used" to not being sated, and it feels less like a problem that needs fixing, at least for a few hours longer. This happens at some level well below conscious thought.