Junk Food Rewires Brains

Maylin Rodriguez-Paez RN

If you find that you’re not inclined towards healthy foods, don’t be so hard on yourself. It may not be just a lack of will power, discipline, or motivation, after all.

In fact, a new study shows that junk food can actually “rewire” the brains of rats to increase their preferences for junk food.

The results were published in the journal Frontiers in Psychology.

Rats Fed Junk Food Avoid Balanced Diets

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