Was a big one for me after a 3 day fast how enjoyable the food was. That’s all
Oh my goodness you are so right. I’m currently cycling seven days of fasting with seven days of keto OMAD as part of my new-year-new-me thing, and that first bite of food after a full week without? My eyes literally rolled back in my head! There’s an old English proverb that says “hunger is the finest spice,” and it’s true, you just can’t compete with that first bite.
Actually, in the stoic philosophy fasting is used to show that food does not have the property of taste, and it is only in the eye (mouth) og the beholder.
Seneca refers to fasting as a “sauce” that makes food more tasty.