In the previous post, we saw that in our distant past the tendency to overeat high-calorie tasty foods was a survival tool- it allowed us to make and store fat to survive periods of scarcity. But the only tasty foods our distant ancestors had were natural (unprocessed) foods. With natural foods, it is possible to […]
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Hunger vs. desire
In the previous post, I explained the two primary reasons for eating: hunger and desire. The goal of hunger is to replace the calories that we have used up in our daily activities- walking, talking, working, and to keep the body’s systems going- the heart has to beat, the lungs have to breathe, the brain […]
The reasons for eating
What is the #1 reason for finding food and putting it in the mouth? The answer, of course, is hunger. Interestingly, when I ask this question during my talks I rarely get “hunger” as the first answer. It may be that most of us (unfortunately, not all of us) always have food available at the […]
Why don’t diets work?
Why is it so hard to lose weight? More than two-thirds of adults in the United States are overweight—that’s 150 million people. Are you one of them? You try to eat right and exercise. But you can’t lose the pounds. You blame yourself—“I’m not trying hard enough; I don’t do enough exercise; I don’t have […]