Boring and Bad: How Junk Food Changes Eating Behaviour Eating junk food changes the way we think about food: Healthy rats, raised on a healthy diet, stopped responding to cues linked to a flavour they had recently overindulged in. This inborn mechanism, widespread in animals, protects against overeating and promotes a healthy, balanced diet. But after two weeks on a diet that included daily access to cafeteria foods, including pies, dumplings, cookies and cake – with 150 percent more calories – the rats’ weight increased by 10 percent and their behaviour changed dramatically. They became indifferent in their food choices and no longer avoided the sound advertising the overfamiliar taste, indicating they had lost their natural preference for novelty. The change lasted for some time after the rats returned to a healthy diet. Read more on this here: healthcanal/life-style-fitness/54589-boring-and-bad-how-junk-food-changes-eating-behaviour.html
Posted on: Thu, 04 Sep 2014 08:00:01 +0000
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