One huge advantage, though, is that vegetables can make one feel as though they have consumed more food than one has. IF trying to lose weight, cabbage and other rabbit food goes a long way towards keeping the stomach and mind fooled into thinking it has enough calories without the sensation of hunger. A bit of kimchi mellows out the hunger just as well as some things that have 5 times the calories.
Fat is far more satiating than carbohydrates. Carbs, especially non-calory dense complex carb foods, may fill you up “physically”, but satiation is a different story. Honestly, we eat way too much in general. People feel uncomfortable with a mild sensation of hunger, but that is actually our optimal state. Get used to periodic, 12-16 hour fasts, and you will find that feeling physically full is neither comfortable nor beneficial.
Want to lose weight? It’s easy, at least for most people. Get rid of all cheap sugars, intermittently fast, get satiated via animal fats, eat smaller portions, and don’t snack. There is no need to be a slave to the sensation of feeling physically full.
The side benefit of this is that you give your digestive system plenty of time to rest and heal. You don’t get that, if you are constantly putting it to work. Digestion is a necessary evil, in that it is very expensive in terms of energy, and quite damaging. You have to eat to survive, and to be healthy. But you don’t have to do it all the time. Nor do you have to do it until you feel physically full.