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I stumbled into a great online article series that will satisfy even the most scientifically inclined mind, a six-part series titled Why Are We Hungry?
Personally I am only two parts deep, but it has personally solved a heretofore puzzling conundrum for me.
The foundation is built upon the mechanisms of liking vs wanting and satiety vs satiation.
My only beef with it is that, like anything to do with nutrition, it has an agenda: Paleo.
For personal yogic reasons I eat as little meat as possible, and have less than zero interest in consuming a bunch of meat. Yet I cannot deny that there is enough research that suggests bread, carbs and grains are nutritionally deficient.
Recently I introduced granola into my pattern of food intake, and despite "counteracting" it with a number of healthful fats -- coconut milk, peanut butter, sunflower seeds, and crushed walnuts and pecans -- I find myself continually craving it. Yet if it is both meeting caloric and nutritional needs, why should I crave it? That implies a subtle addictive property.
Well, this series is explaining why!
If you are not the obsessive perfectionist, and six demanding articles is too much for you, here's a Cliffnotes version:
http://www.gnolls.org/2074/why-snack-food-is-addictive-the-grand-unified-theory-of-snack-appeal/
YMMV
Personally I am only two parts deep, but it has personally solved a heretofore puzzling conundrum for me.
The foundation is built upon the mechanisms of liking vs wanting and satiety vs satiation.
My only beef with it is that, like anything to do with nutrition, it has an agenda: Paleo.
For personal yogic reasons I eat as little meat as possible, and have less than zero interest in consuming a bunch of meat. Yet I cannot deny that there is enough research that suggests bread, carbs and grains are nutritionally deficient.
Recently I introduced granola into my pattern of food intake, and despite "counteracting" it with a number of healthful fats -- coconut milk, peanut butter, sunflower seeds, and crushed walnuts and pecans -- I find myself continually craving it. Yet if it is both meeting caloric and nutritional needs, why should I crave it? That implies a subtle addictive property.
Well, this series is explaining why!
If you are not the obsessive perfectionist, and six demanding articles is too much for you, here's a Cliffnotes version:
http://www.gnolls.org/2074/why-snack-food-is-addictive-the-grand-unified-theory-of-snack-appeal/
YMMV
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