How Junk Food Hacks Your Brain
Scientists think that evolution may not have prepared our brains for donuts, and an international research team has found out that some of earth's oldest, largest ...
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[INTRO ♪] Junk food: you know it’s not healthy, but it’s so good. And sometimes, it’s just too hard to resist. And scientists have been trying to figure out why junk foods have so much power over us for a while. According to a study published yesterday in the journal Cell Metabolism, it probably has a lot to do with the fact that they’re usually packed with both fat and carbs. Pff, my favorite! The researchers found that the reward centers of our brains are more active when those nutrients are combined in a snack— above and beyond what you would expect if you just added the fat and the carbs together. Which is why milkshakes, and french fries, and dipping your french fries into milkshakes. And that means that it’s not just you—junk food basically hacks our brains...
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[INTRO ♪] Junk food: you know it’s not healthy, but it’s so good. And sometimes, it’s just too hard to resist. And scientists have been trying to figure out why junk foods have so much power over us for a while. According to a study published yesterday in the journal Cell Metabolism, it probably has a lot to do with the fact that they’re usually packed with both fat and carbs. Pff, my favorite! The researchers found that the reward centers of our brains are more active when those nutrients are combined in a snack— above and beyond what you would expect if you just added the fat and the carbs together. Which is why milkshakes, and french fries, and dipping your french fries into milkshakes. And that means that it’s not just you—junk food basically hacks our brains...
