From the Latin Appetitus, desire for an impulse to satisfy a basic need; such as eating food from a sense of hunger and thus satisfying the energy input and maintenance of the human body and its metabolism, with the digestive system, adipose tissues, liver, nervous system and brain intervening in the process, the latter being the catalyst of the enzymes that are produced giving the signals of hunger or the desire to eat.
It refers to the sensation that one feels when hungry, being a primary and natural need felt by any living being, be it human, animal, plant or microorganisms; In the case of humans, it can be caused by other psychological stimuli, which lead to eating in the absence of hunger, these external factors that come from the senses such as sight and smell, hormones have a fundamental part in this process, such as Leptin, allowing know the body when it requires energy for its proper functioning, each being is independent and their appetite varies according to their rhythm and nutritional requirementssuch as your daily diet or if you suffer from an eating disorder; either by increasing food intake such as bulimia or reducing it to a critical level as with anorexia.
Due to this desire for the pleasure of eating, the mind is constantly between stimuli of smells, flavors, presentation of food that the body sends signals before, during and even after eating, which can get out of control if it is not controlled and distributed well the intake of food throughout the day, maintaining a healthy and balanced diet so that it becomes adequately healthy, respecting the schedules in order to achieve a life of nutritional enjoyment of eating to live and not living to eat.
