Why our brains are programmed to eat doughnuts
source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/health/dietfitness.html?in_article_id=528832&...
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Apparently it's because we are hungry. A study found that when subjects were presented with a picture of Krispy Kreme doughnuts and a screwdriver, their brains went into overdrive over the doughnuts.
After eating up to eight of the doughnuts, neither picture generated much of a reaction.
Then when the subjects fasted for eight hours 2 distinct parts of the brain lit up.
One part of the brain that lit up is, "the limbic brain, an ancestral part of the brain present in all animals from frogs to humans," and it says "...not only am I hungry, but here is food."
The other part of the brain that lit up is the brain's spatial attention network . It locked onto the doughnuts, deciding they were more important than the screwdrivers.
So basically we want them cuz we are hungry.
After eating up to eight of the doughnuts, neither picture generated much of a reaction.
Then when the subjects fasted for eight hours 2 distinct parts of the brain lit up.
One part of the brain that lit up is, "the limbic brain, an ancestral part of the brain present in all animals from frogs to humans," and it says "...not only am I hungry, but here is food."
The other part of the brain that lit up is the brain's spatial attention network . It locked onto the doughnuts, deciding they were more important than the screwdrivers.
So basically we want them cuz we are hungry.
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geexi
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what a silly article!
we munch just about anything when we're hungry.
duh! - 4 years ago
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geexi
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looey23
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mmm...donuts!
- 4 years ago
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looey23
