I am so hungry as my stomach seems to be empty !!!
etc etc
Many of these phrases we hear/use daily. But, suddenly I got a thought.
First, guess where?
Well, my favorite place - Yes, toilet !!!
The thought is about a question: where is hunger actually - in stomach or somewhere else?
If there is no food in the stomach, it should be happy that there is no work. Rest for sometime. why does it create noise? And further, it doesn't make noise all the time too !!!
So, we need food for energy and stomach is instrumental in this whole business. But, who arrives at a need for energy in the body? Stomach, naa..aah. It must be the brain !
The brain senses lack of energy and checks the stomach for supply of it. If it finds it resting and no work in pipeline, it asks to make noise and we feel hungry. Sounds pretty reasonable. I would need to talk to a medical practitioner to confirm.
So far, one thing is clear. Hunger is actually in the brain, not in the stomach. Then, why do we keep trying to satisfy the stomach with food? We should actually satisfy the brain. in satisfying the dumb stomach, we end up eating so much that stomach gets work more than it can take up and gets stressed. Anyone stressed will err like we often do at our work !!!
I was listening to Dr. Deepak Chopra and he was talking about Ayurved. He says that if we eat with experiencing the food with our five senses fully, brain gets satisfied. And surprisingly, with much lesser quantity of food. It also solves the problem of over-eating as well as our need for energy is served pretty well. And the most important, we enjoy the food completely.
Brain is more intelligent than the stomach. Let's have faith in the brain and wait for it's signals. So from today, let's eat for the brain and not for the stomach.
Happy eating.
