Here's why we crave fatty foods when dieting: Study
Avoiding
greasy, fatty and oily foods is the key to a successful dieting
plan. But have you ever wondered why we tend to crave
the very foods that we try to avoid when dieting? Or wished you could
suppress the feeling before it forced you into eating junk food?
A
recent study identified new brain circuits that may act as a brake on
binge eating and junk food craving.
Findings
of the study were published in the Journal of Behavioral Brain
Research.
"Craving
for foods high in fat - this includes many junk
foods - is an important part of obesity and binge
eating," said Jonathan Hommel, lead author of the study.
"When
trying to lose weight people often strive to avoid fatty foods, which
ironically increases motivation and craving for these foods and can
lead to overeating. Even worse, the longer someone abstains from
fatty foods, the greater the cravings become," Hommel explained.
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