Happyflowerlady
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I have been reading a really interesting ebook about binge eating, why we do it, and a possible way to control the urge to binge eat. The book is called “Never Binge Again” , and it is very informative.
One of the things they explain is about what is called our “lizard brain” or sometimes, reptile brain. When a reptile sees any object, it only responds in one of 3 ways, kill it, eat it, or mate with it. Those are the only things that the lizard brain knows, and apparently, this is part of the brain that can induce binge eating, and you can’t reason with this part of our brain.
Another interesting study was done back in the 1950’s on rats. They put receptors into the pleasure center of the rat’s brain, and it was activated when the rat pushed a little lever or button. The rat would push the lever constantly, ignoring its need for food or water, abandoning its babies, and would keep pushing the button as long as they were able to get to the button.
This basically shows that part of our brain is more concerned about getting pleasure out of eating than it is about keeping our body healthy, and since most of the commercial foods that we binge on are designed to stimulate the pleasure center of the brain, and not actually nourish our body, it is easy to succumb to the urge to binge eat some foods.
The ebook is free, and it does not suggest any certain diet, it just explains how food bingeing works, and suggests ways to control it.
Here is the link to the website, and you can download the ebook, or just get it from the Kindle Store.
https://www.neverbingeagain.com/MobileHome.php
One of the things they explain is about what is called our “lizard brain” or sometimes, reptile brain. When a reptile sees any object, it only responds in one of 3 ways, kill it, eat it, or mate with it. Those are the only things that the lizard brain knows, and apparently, this is part of the brain that can induce binge eating, and you can’t reason with this part of our brain.
Another interesting study was done back in the 1950’s on rats. They put receptors into the pleasure center of the rat’s brain, and it was activated when the rat pushed a little lever or button. The rat would push the lever constantly, ignoring its need for food or water, abandoning its babies, and would keep pushing the button as long as they were able to get to the button.
This basically shows that part of our brain is more concerned about getting pleasure out of eating than it is about keeping our body healthy, and since most of the commercial foods that we binge on are designed to stimulate the pleasure center of the brain, and not actually nourish our body, it is easy to succumb to the urge to binge eat some foods.
The ebook is free, and it does not suggest any certain diet, it just explains how food bingeing works, and suggests ways to control it.
Here is the link to the website, and you can download the ebook, or just get it from the Kindle Store.
https://www.neverbingeagain.com/MobileHome.php