Four Brain Hijacks That Increase Cravings

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Eating At Night

Is
your brain hijacked with cravings at night? A new small study with females
sheds “light” on why this may be so. Science Daily reports: “In
a newly published study, exercise sciences professors and a neuroscientist at
BYU used MRI to measure how people’s brains respond to high- and low-calorie
food images at different times of the day. The results showed that images of
food, especially high-calorie food, can generate spikes in brain activity, but
those neural responses are lower in the evening.” (Brain Imaging & Behavior, March 2015; Science Daily, May …read more