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Life Sciences => Physiology & Medicine => Topic started by: Pseudoscience-is-malarkey on 22/10/2016 08:04:54

Title: Can hunger be alleviated with analgesics?
Post by: Pseudoscience-is-malarkey on 22/10/2016 08:04:54

While fasting, Shinto monks attach (under their kaminos) a heated stone on their chest to stave off hunger. Heated stones are also used (in undeveloped worlds) to deal with almost all physical pains. Can regular, over-the-counter analgesics stave off hunger as well? Hunger is a pain afterall.

Title: Re: Can hunger be alleviated with analgesics?
Post by: RD on 22/10/2016 13:17:45

Quote from: Pseudoscience-is-malarkey on 22/10/2016 08:04:54

... Hunger is a pain afterall.

Hunger is a sense : a form of interoception (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sense#Other_internal_senses).

Title: Re: Can hunger be alleviated with analgesics?
Post by: Pseudoscience-is-malarkey on 29/10/2016 10:06:58

Hunger is a sense and a pain. No?