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Why You Crave Junk Food

May 18, 2021September 1, 2022 MariaC Brain reward system, cortisol, Cravings, dopamine, ghrelin, leptin, serotonin, vagus nerve

Feeding potato chips to rats makes them want more, even when they are already full. Humans are remarkably similar. Open that bag and you know how it will end. Even so, go easy on yourself; you’re not weak, you’re normal. Your brain is responding the way it is programmed to respond. The trick is to short-circuit the system — the brain’s reward system.

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How Stress Makes You Overeat — And How to Stop it

December 23, 2020September 1, 2022 MariaC cortisol, dopamine, ghrelin, HPA axis, leptin, mesolimbic dopamine pathway, reward centre, stress

Stress is bad for your mental health. It’s not great for your heart or immune health, either. Furthermore — and just to rub salt into your wounds — it can also make you fat. But the consequences of stress are not inevitable: once you understand what’s going on, you can fight back.

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