I am pretty sure you will agree with me if I say that food makes us happy. But, what is happiness? A neurotransmitter called dopamine is released by naturally rewarding experiences such as food, neutral stimuli that become associated with them. Dopamine is commonly associated with the pleasure system of the brain, providing feelings of enjoyment and reinforcement to motivate a person proactively to perform certain activities (wikipedia). So, whenever we have food, our brain releases dopamine which gives us happiness. We keep training our brain to release dopamine whenever we have food and guess what happens if we don't eat food for a day, we feel depressed.
It happened to me a lot of times and you may have experienced the same. "I get headache when I am hungry". Hhhmm, that's wierd. I should have stomach ache or something. So my point is, when we think we are hungry, it does not actually mean our body needs food. So next time when there is breakfast,lunch, munch, coffees, snacks, dinner, late night shakes etc., etc., waiting for us,remember we are trianing our brain to ask for more. My intention is not to stop everyone eating but to understand how our system works and don't you think it is funny!
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