Dr. Jason Fung (@drjasonfung)

That candy bowl wins most nights because it's built to. Sugar, fat and salt in tiny bites, with no protein or fibre to switch on your fullness signals, sitting right where you walk past it all day. The fix is changing the setup. Buy the candy on the 31st, pick a kind you don't love, eat a real…

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Imagine sitting through a boring meeting with a plate of cookies in front of you. You may not be hungry, but you might reach for one anyway. When food is everywhere, resisting it takes effort all day long. Your environment can shape how much you eat, even when your hunger hasn’t changed.

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Physical hunger often builds gradually, comes with body cues, and leaves you open to different foods. Cravings can feel sudden, specific, and tied to boredom, stress, or food cues. These are clues, not strict rules—notice the pattern to better understand what’s driving your urge to eat.

You weren’t hungry until the cookies showed up. Food cues, boredom, and the habit of snacking during meetings can all trigger the urge to eat. Swapping cookies for fruit still reinforces “meeting equals snack.” Removing food from the room makes it easier to skip the automatic snacking without…

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Your body may defend its weight much like a thermostat defends the temperature of a room. When weight drops below that set point, hunger can rise and energy use can fall—pushing the body back toward its familiar weight. That’s one reason losing weight and keeping it off can feel so different.

Five hundred calories of cookies and 500 calories of salmon may look equal on a label—but your body doesn’t respond to them equally. One can leave you wanting more, while the protein and fat in the other help keep you full for hours. Calories matter, but so do the instructions that come with them.

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An omelet and a frappuccino can contain the same calories but create completely different responses in the body. One may keep you full for hours. The other may leave you hungry soon after. Calories matter—but they’re only one piece of the puzzle.

Weight gain isn’t always just about calories. Stress, poor sleep, depression, habits and food addiction can all drive us to eat when we’re not hungry. If we want lasting change, we need to address what’s driving the eating—not just tell people to eat less. @Doctor Mike

It’s not only what you eat that matters. The order and combination of foods can change how the body responds, while ultra-processed foods are designed to override the signals that normally tell you to stop eating. @Doctor Mike

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Real food comes with built-in stop signals. Protein, fat and fibre help you feel full and stay full. Ultra-processed foods often bypass those signals, making it much easier to keep eating—even when your body has had enough.@Doctor Mike

Cutting 500 calories doesn’t guarantee your body will burn 500 calories of fat. That’s why I focus not only on how much you eat, but on how different eating patterns affect your hormones and metabolism.

Fasting isn’t punishment or starvation. It’s a tool—and like any tool, it can help or harm depending on who uses it and how it’s used. @Doctor Mike

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