Found this article that really makes you think.. It helps you re-think food
Most of us are aware that the average human stomach is about the size of your closed fist. So let’s all hold up our fist and take a look. How much food do you think would fit in a space that size? Now consider how much food you would eat BC (before Cambridge). If you wet out to eat in a restaurant and had a high fat appetizer, a salad with dressing, some bread and butter, THEN had your large sized meal with 10 to 14 oz protein, whatever sides that it came with and then…yes…even dessert, what do you suppose would be the volume of that much food? The human stomach can stretch, that’s for sure, but when you eat so much that you actually FEEL it expanding and even feel uncomfortable after the meal, what do you suppose is happening? You stomach, which normally would accommodate about 1 to 1 1/2 cups of food, is now holding and trying to digest about 10 or more cups not counting drinks. All your body is getting involved at this point. The pancreas is pumping out insulin and the digestive juices are trying to do an impossible job. Your heart rate increases as your body tries to supply the energy needed to move this food though. Your stomach is trying to churn this mess down in to something it can find acceptable to release in to the body and your blood sugars and blood fats are increasing at an alarming rate. This is only some of what is happening in your body.