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POPSHunger Can Make You Happy The researchers think that hunger-induced happiness is an adaptive measure. Getting food, especially in the wild, requires concentration, clear-headed perception and often cooperation.
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POPSGut hormone makes food look even yummier "It has also been well established that ghrelin activates feeding through its effects on the hypothalamus, where ghrelin receptors are densely concentrated. However, ghrelin also has specific effects on many brain regions implicated in reward and motivation. , food pictures become even more salient—people actually see them better. It influences not only visual processing, but also memory. People remembered the food pictures better when ghrelin was high.”"
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POPSThe Skinny on Formula I saw this in my health news that I read at work every morning. Researchers have identified some sort of substance that they believe they can put in formula and guarantee that children will grow up to be skinny adults. My initial gut reaction is horror. Why would they want to put some crazy substance in what millions of babies will be drinking. What if it has effects that they aren't aware of? My next reaction comes from Dr. Hope. If this really worked, I'd worry about heart disease and cholesterol. If people looked healthly, they would be less likely to get check-ups for what is going on inside. People don't DIE of fat. Fat is related to what goes on inside. Doesn't that make this formula cosmetic? Reaction #3 is pissiness. Are fat people that horrible that we have to program our babies to be skinny? Sadly, my last reaction is jealousy. I wish I could have been programmed to be thin. Follow the link for the whole article
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