Honoring Hunger Cues

So currently i am reading " Intutive Eating" by Eveyln Tribole. It talks about alot of things i already know about intutive eating, but it really gave me some new insight on balanced eating. The findings that Ancel Key's study  was a valuable study that cannot be replicated in humans because of ethical concern. However, it provides a wealth of knowledge and insight on the effects of semi-starvation in the human body. From yo-yo dieters, to those with eatings disorder, low caloric intake and ignoring hunger cues can have profound effects on  the body. Psychologically, the body sends out hormones such as cortisol which effects mood and evokes obsessive thoughts about food. Physiologically hunger and satiety cues are disrupted and thrown off balance and metabolic processes altogether slow to conserve energy. I thought it was really interesting how they gave a testimony about Karen and how she feared being hungry(  from her experiences with fasting) because of the out of control eating that followed. Fear of hunger seems like a strange concept, but it seems to really make sense. Our body and mind have memory when we starve, i find the lasting mark of it fascinating. In addition I thought the section about hunger silence was interesting because coffee and tea really does make us fuller, but it get's in the way of being able to be receptive to our hunger cues.If we aren't eating when our body needs food, its goes into starvation mode and learns to start storing fat more readily. I have rethought drinking too much coffee or tea after reading this chapter. Wow.