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The Hungry Brain: Outsmarting the Instincts that Make Us Overeat

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York Flatiron Books 2017Description: 291 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781785041280
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 616.8526 GUY-H
Contents:
The fattest man on the island -- The selection problem -- The chemistry of seduction -- The United States of food reward -- The economics of eating -- The satiety factor -- The hunger neuron -- Rhythms -- Life in the fast lane -- The human computer -- Outsmarting the hungry brain.
Summary: Have you ever wished you could just stop eating the cake, even as you put another forkful in your mouth? Have you ever wondered why exactly you are still eating chips when you are definitely full? This book has the answers. The Hungry Brain isn't about denying yourself the food you love, or never eating pudding again, but the bottom line is that we often eat too much and don't really know why; Guyenet will help the reader to understand exactly why - and more importantly, what to do about it.
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The fattest man on the island -- The selection problem -- The chemistry of seduction -- The United States of food reward -- The economics of eating -- The satiety factor -- The hunger neuron -- Rhythms -- Life in the fast lane -- The human computer -- Outsmarting the hungry brain.

Have you ever wished you could just stop eating the cake, even as you put another forkful in your mouth? Have you ever wondered why exactly you are still eating chips when you are definitely full? This book has the answers. The Hungry Brain isn't about denying yourself the food you love, or never eating pudding again, but the bottom line is that we often eat too much and don't really know why; Guyenet will help the reader to understand exactly why - and more importantly, what to do about it.

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