Originally Posted by VT Biker

However, when I was more sedentary, you begin to crave foods that are more mentally rewarding (i.e. – foods loaded with salt, sugars etc…) which increase serotonin in the brain.

Since an active lifestyle seems to drive a subconscious change in diet, I do wonder whether the additional serotonin benefit from exercise results in the body reducing the need for that jolt to come from food (or an even more complex theory would be that the body, recognizing that exercise is giving it the serotonin boost, then craves foods which will continue to fuel the exercise).