Can You Eat a Lot and Still Lose Weight?

American scientists claim to have developed a drug that will let people eat without limits and stay thin. The drug is supposed to increase the body’s metabolism so that it can quickly break down sugar and fat, and produce energy. It means that we will no longer have to limit ourselves and force ourselves to work out to burn calories and maintain weight. I do not understand why we need to eat excessive amounts of food to begin with. What do we need it for? Is it just to enjoy ourselves in those moments? When we learn that the purpose of our lives is not just to revel in transient enjoyments but to become human beings in the fullest sense of the term, i.e., to rise to a level where we positively connect with relations of mutual concern, giving, support and encouragement in our connections, then when we identify with such a role in the world, we do not feel the need to over-indulge in excessive eating. Moreover, when we truly reach a state of genuinely caring for others, we then gain access to u