That’s peculiar it’s pretty common knowledge where I’m from. Polish people are a sort of exception but many Polish Jews historically were forced to become Christian because of pogroms and such unfortunately. Maybe that’s why? As I read more online it seems to be associated with Polish people rather than Jews so go figure.
Edit: Ohhhh it’s because most Polish immigrants to the U.S. were Jewish but not all of course. Hence the confusion. A lot of Jews left Poland when WW2 was breaking out for obvious reasons
Thank you so much for both your posts I’m actually literally going through the exact same thing right now - Also a boredom and stress eater trying to get used to being hungry and honestly I enjoy the process of being hungry and denying myself bullshit food because I know it’s bullshit and a big part of my brain seems to agree and kick in just as you said. It’s a very freeing feeling!!!