[leonroy]

I wonder if it's because coffee as an appetite suppressant causes colorific reduction in people - effectively, they eat less. Fasting has recently been proven to also lower mortality risk by a large amount.

> Coffee suppresses your appetite because it contains chlorogenic acids which are a type of phytochemical compounds that help control hunger pangs and suppress your appetite. Because of this, you don’t need to drink caffeinated coffee to integrate it into your weight loss program; decaffeinated coffee will do just fine.

Source for the quote: https://energeticlifestyle.com/how-to-use-coffee-as-an-appet...

Pubmed source which corroborates coffee as an appetite suppressant: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6683100/

[ip26]

I can’t be the only one who thinks, I’m getting hungry but I don’t have time to eat - maybe I’ll have another cup instead.