Nature designed fruits, nuts, legumes, whole grains, vegetables, and seeds for us to eat. “We have a natural relationship with the pleasure centers of the mind when we consume these foods.” But the popular processed foods are what bang the pleasure centers of the brain, tricking us into thinking that all our survival problems are “being solved.” Caloric density makes our bodies think that we have hit the jackpot. Dopamine. Dopamine. Dopamine. The S.A.D. does nothing but give us that happiness high. What is chocolate? Calorically dense fat and sugar. Fat is “4,000 calories a pound” and sugar is “1,800 calories a pound.” Burgers? Fat and salt. Cheese, which is designed for a baby cow, is fat and salt. French fries are fat and salt. Mother Nature wants us to seek out calorically dense foods, but the kind that are found in nature, not created in a lab by food scientists and manufacturers trying to trip those Motivational Triad wires. Keeping us addicted is a very profitable business, not just for the food industry, but for the medical industry—sickness is a multi-billion-dollar business. There’s no money to be made off of healthy people.
We are designed to consume natural, calorically dense foods, with fiber, in lower concentrations. The processed stuff rings the dopamine circuits of the mind too hard and makes them scream that you are doing the right thing—all your “getting enough” survival problems are being solved. This couldn’t be more wrong.
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