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Lädt ... The Hungry Brain: Outsmarting the Instincts That Make Us Overeat (2017. Auflage)von Stephan Guyenet
Werk-InformationenThe Hungry Brain: Outsmarting the Instincts That Make Us Overeat von Stephan J. Guyenet Ph.D.
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. This captivating account of the causes of obesity deserves your full attention, especially if you are considered obese like I am. With a height of 5 feet 8 inches and a weight of 233 lbs, my BMI sits at 35.4. That is the main reason that I picked up this book, but I am also interested in a lot of different things. Doctor Stephen Guyenet goes over the things that make people obese point by point. From the overabundance of calorie-rich foods that our brains consider rewarding to the brain chemistry and genetics underlying our choices, Dr. Guyenet leaves no stone unturned. While the book discusses the causes of obesity, it also discusses how to combat it. The end of the book contains six pieces of advice relevant to losing inches on your waistline. Even though I got this from the library, I would certainly buy a copy if only to distribute it to my friends and family. Zeige 3 von 3 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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From an obesity and neuroscience researcher with a knack for engaging, humorous storytelling, The Hungry Brain uses cutting-edge science to answer the questions: why do we overeat, and what can we do about it? No one wants to overeat. And certainly no one wants to overeat for years, become overweight, and end up with a high risk of diabetes or heart disease--yet two thirds of Americans do precisely that. Even though we know better, we often eat too much. Why does our behavior betray our own intentions to be lean and healthy? The problem, argues obesity and neuroscience researcher Stephan J. Guyenet, is not necessarily a lack of willpower or an incorrect understanding of what to eat. Rather, our appetites and food choices are led astray by ancient, instinctive brain circuits that play by the rules of a survival game that no longer exists. And these circuits don't care about how you look in a bathing suit next summer. To make the case, The Hungry Brain takes listeners on an eye-opening journey through cutting-edge neuroscience that has never before been available to a general audience. The Hungry Brain delivers profound insights into why the brain undermines our weight goals and transforms these insights into practical guidelines for eating well and staying slim. Along the way, it explores how the human brain works, revealing how this mysterious organ makes us who we are. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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To find a time when things were different, we don't have to go back to hunter-gatherer times - although Guyenet does; we spend a hypothetical day with a few hypothetical members of a non-hypothetical tribe of East Africa, who eat a certain fibrous tuber as a mainstay of their diet. You chew the flesh and then spit out the pithy stuff. It's not very good. Nobody's very excited about it. Likewise until 20th century convenience foods and ubiquitous restaurant cooking, you had to eat your own household's cooking. I'm betting that often wasn't very good either.
It wasn't Oreos. It wasn't Big Macs. Now it is. Mmmmmmm.
This particular book is about the brain science behind metabolism, hunger cues, etc. Along the lines of the main thesis I've described above, his biggest weight loss tip is to eat food that isn't very good. Of course you'll eat less of it, for starters; but it may also have some effect on the brain, and on the levels of something called leptin, to expose yourself less often to the utter deliciousness that is the American supermarket diet.
(He doesn't phrase it as "eat food that isn't very good." He calls it "simple food.")
But nooooooooooooo I refuse to give up deliciousness. That said, point taken, and it's always good advice to eat simple food close to the source.
One surprising thing I bookmarked was his allegation that we tend to put on most of our yearly weight gain as a result of the extended holiday season. I always thought that what you did the majority of the year would far outweigh some indulgence at the end; but maybe I'm not really admitting to how lengthy the holiday season is in proportion to the year as a whole. Anyway, to avoid upward creep of poundage, he says to focus on strategies to minimize holiday overeating.
I thought those were a couple of unique tips. ( )