[ELI5] Why does food taste better when we’re hungry?
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The brains response to being hungry is to heighten our sensitivities to saltiness/sweet/spiciness and the flavors become more intense. Hunger and taste are the mechanisms that evolved to encourage you, and indeed all animals, to eat what your body needs most. When you’ve used up all your easily available energy, you’ll feel hungry and crave sweet foods and carbohydrates.
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