Nevertheless, the more I read, the more I’m convinced that excessive food reward and/or palatability is the elephant in the room when it comes to obesity and metabolic dysfunction. We live our lives surrounded by foods that are professionally crafted to satisfy our basest gustatory desires— to drive us to eat more, against the wisdom that our bodies have accumulated over millions of years.
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| — | Stephan Guyenet, B.S. in biochemistry from the University of Virginia in 2002, and a Ph.D. in neurobiology from the University of Washington in 2009. He studies the neurobiology of body fat regulation |
