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It has often been said that one should eat to live instead of living to eat. It seems that is sufficiently understandable, but how many really take to heart what it implies?

For many, there is nothing more satisfyingly enjoyable than eating. This can mean anything from going out to dinner to rewarding oneself for having done a hard days work. In some cases it can even be a way of anesthetizing oneself from  against the pain of unpleasantness. Hence the phenomenon in which one eats to ward off boredom or disappointment.

Perhaps none of these reasons for eating is harmful unless result in overdoing it. That is, an occasional snack to compensate for the unhappiness of not faring well in a job interview or less seriously in a game of cards may not be all that harmful. But the tendency is for one who thuusly rewards himself is to do so far more than only occasionally and in greater quantities than possibly  one bran muffin and a cup of herbal tea.

Those of us who eat for reasons other than fueling of our bodies for daily activities and muscle repair all too often tend to overdo it. For the most part we live empty lives, devoid not only of of short term goals but those suggesting an overarching sense of purpose. As a result we are continuously discontent and in search of whatever it will that promises to satisfy.

Food can fill voids such as these. The trouble is that the voids are always there, tending to multiply with time. They are only temporarily alleviated by the quick snack or fast food as it is called nowadays. After we have finished the sense of emptiness again returns.

Many have referred to this state as psychological hunger, suggesting no actual physical discomfort. But there are those who will insist that an physical growling of the stomach can be experienced--a state seeming to demand the consumption of food. This can become so severe that one may believe his or her life to be threatened by it.

Cravings such as these should be countered at least by calibrated diet plans or appetite suppressants during the interim. But they need to be dealt with more thoroughly through intense reflection on one's reason for being and sense of ultimate purpose. It is only through such reflection that one will come ultimately eliminate his or her continued emptiness, that which is mistakenly understood as an actual need of food to maintain one's physical well-being.

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