eli5: Why do you feel less hungry the longer you don’t eat?

Question

So when your body is expecting food and you don’t eat you obviously get those strong hunger pains, but why does that feeling begin to die down if you leave it for a bit?

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Answer 1

I think its because your body starts to tap into its fat reserves, which temporarily satisfies its energy consumption requirements.

In other words, the body goes into starvation mode, where it is not useful to be in pain all the time.