Tag: binge

NIH Study: We Eat Faster (and More) When Food is Processed

Here’s why you wolf that burger down.

This surprised me.

I mean I realize there’s a psychology to food – for example, there have been studies where people were told the food was lower in calories, so they ate more regardless of the actual calories.

But I didn’t realize that the pace and amount of food could vary when the food was presented as “the same as” a less-processed dish.

To me, the most interesting point is that the diets were matched exactly in macros – fat, calories and carbs – as well as in sugar and fiber.

The processed-foods group ate 500 calories more per day and gained more weight than the less-processed foods group.

This video explains a study from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) describing the difference in eating behavior when the body takes in highly processed foods. Study was published in the journal Cell Metabolism. Worth a watch! Enjoy!

What About Sugar?

It’s my kryptonite.

While I’m new to eating whole foods (and probably should be a bit lenient on this HUUUUUGE change), I have yet to conquer the final frontier: sugar.

I realize cane sugar is still sugar. For that matter, so is honey, which is allowed on “whole” food programs like the paleo or primal diets.

Yet I’m clinging to, “Well…it’s not high-fructose corn syrup, so it’s probably okay for now.”

The problem is, when I eat it, I get hungry.

Hungry.

Like this kind of hungry.

And frankly, I’ve been “that” kind of hungry for 45 years. Something’s causing it…that’s the question I’m trying to solve right here, right now.

But I do know that on my first few whole food days, when I didn’t have any sugar – not coconut sugar, not cane sugar, not any added sugar (except as it comes off the tree or from the ground in fruit) – I felt just “normally” hungry, not Langoliers-hungry.

It’s my kryptonite.

Sugar is my final frontier. I am trying hard to get rid now of all the cane sugar, including in ingredients. Wish me luck!

What’s your own final frontier/kryptonite? Sound off below! I’d love to hear from you.

This is Insane. This Guy’s BRAIN Changed on Processed Foods

Proven by MRI…just wow.

This is crazy…this man’s brain scan actually showed changes after eating 80% of his meals as pre-packaged/processed foods for 30 days.

I would have thought such claims were over the top, but you can see for yourself that his brain actually “rerouted” its wiring so that after the experiment, he wanted more of what he’d been getting.

In just 30 days, people!

I’m not affiliated, just wanted to share this with you. Watch here: