VeryGnawty
I know my theory isn't very popular, but I am completely convinced that hunger itself is a sign of detox. Hunger is not an indication that one should eat. APPETITE is a sign that one should eat.
In my opinion, if you are incredibly hungry on a fast, that is only the more reason to continue the fast.
I came to this conclusion back in 2005 when doing an intense regimen of sungazing. I noticed that I could maintain my strength during a fast. The hungrier I became, the more energy I had. Eventually, hunger disappeared entirely. And during a 21 day water fast, I was stronger than I had ever been before or since. With hunger gone, and having twice as much strength as I did before the fast, I came to the conclusion that hunger is not, and never was, associated with an instinct to eat. People only mistake it as such because it is distressing (like most detox symptoms) and so they eat to relive hunger. Except that they usually eat toxic food, which only causes more hunger, which only causes them to eat more toxic food, which only makes them more hungry. And so they foolishly repeat the cycle, mistakenly assuming that eating more food will alleviate hunger, when it is slowly making the hunger worse over a long period of time. But if they stop eating such toxins, hunger will eventually disappear entirely. I almost never feel hungry. And when it happens, it is barely noticeable. Sometimes during a fast, I have to contemplate what hunger feels like if I haven't experienced it in a while. That's the only way for me to understand what someone else is feeling when they need to take a lunch break, because I haven't "needed" things like lunch breaks for a long time.
Also consider that many athletes and artists have known for a long time that they are stronger and more creative when they are hungry, whereas they feel dull after a meal.
There is a Buddhist saying that I like:
"There is one who, though not having eaten rice in a long time, feels no hunger. There is another who, though eating all the day long, is never satisfied."