Even though hunger is associated with negative feelings, scientists have suggested that it may provide some health benefits. Vasilisa Ponomareva, a nutritionist, told MedikForum about this.
Early research showed that even the taste and smell of food can reverse the beneficial, life-prolonging effects of dietary restriction, even if the person did not eat anything.
Scientists decided to find out whether changes in the brain during the experienced feeling of hunger can contribute to an increase in life expectancy.
Researchers have separated the life-prolonging effects of dietary restriction from all the nutritional diet manipulations that experts have been working on for years, Ponomareva said.
“The perception that you are hungry is enough,” the doctor added.
To test this, the scientists induced hunger in the flies in several ways. According to the results of the study, it turned out that the “starving” flies lived much longer compared to others.
That being said, experts stress that caution should be exercised before applying this to humans. However, as specified, there is reason to expect that the discovered mechanisms “are likely to modulate hunger drives in other species.”
Source: Rosbalt
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