[pessimizer]

We've always had metabolic changes, and palatable is relative (Korean comfort food is my nightmare.) I think the answer (at least subjectively) is that discomfort from hunger is also relative. People who have never allowed themselves to be hungry for a moment experience far more discomfort at the same level of hunger than someone accustomed to being hungry. That causes a cycle of panic, and of fixing that panic with food.

I jumped on intermittent fasting very early on because it worked, but after doing it off and on for a few years (on: getting smaller, off: getting fatter), I simply started finding it easier to control portions or to wait a little longer for my next meal. I blame it entirely on learning to live with hunger on fast days.