Hunger

[Shqueeves he/him]

 Is there an official answer why tapping mental speed makes you hungry? If not, do any of you have theories about why this happens? 

[Yata he/him]

The main theory for now is that happens because the increased Mental activity makes you expend sugar faster...The brain consumes already a great amout of sugar from the bloodstream

[Cosmosis he/him]

My personal opinion is that the brain thinks that more time has elapsed so it thinks that you should be getting hungry or that you should need more food so it creates the feeling of hunger. However, I also feel that what Yata said could be very true.

On 10/6/2017 at 6:04 AM, Yata said:

The main theory for now is that happens because the increased Mental activity makes you expend sugar faster...The brain consumes already a great amout of sugar from the bloodstream

 

[Hiadin Haloun he/him]

I always figured it was similar to why the flash needed to eat more often.  Increased metabolism.  Your brain needs the energy from somewhere.  Feruchemy doesn't create energy and the body would need to fuel the power somehow.

[+hwiles He/Him]

The act of thinking actually requires a non-trivial amount of energy and results in the steady growth and reordering of neurons. Accelerating that process should make someone hungry. Consequently, storing mental speed should make someone grow hungry slightly slower.