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Obese Men Need Extra Energy to Resist Food Craving

We have all experienced situations where we really, really want to eat something we shouldn’t. This experience is probably best known to individuals trying to lose weight by simply eating less. This struggle with the desire to eat might be completely invisible to outside observers. It only happens in our minds. But does that psychological struggle to avoid eating require extra energy? Most importantly, is this energy expenditure greater when the struggle is harder? A group of researchers conducted a study back in 2020 to find out.

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Lactobacillus Bacteria in the Gut Increase Stress Resilience in Mice

When we notice something really harmful, threatening, or challenging is happening, we experience a series of emotional states that prepare us to deal with that event. We may experience fear or anxiety, but we can also experience rage. If the developments threaten someone we love, our mind will remind us of that love and the need to act to protect that person. In such situations, our bodies will experience stress. The reactions will not be solely psychological, but a series of strong physiological changes will also occur.

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Adherence to the Nordic Diet Is Associated with Lower Depression, Anxiety, and Stress in Individuals Recovering from COVID-19

The body needs a wide variety of nutrients to stay healthy. Some are needed in large quantities, and they are called macronutrients, while others are needed in smaller quantities (micronutrients). Still, all of these nutrients are needed for our body to remain healthy. To obtain all the nutrients found in different food items, people establish patterns of eating and drinking we refer to as “diets” (or, in nutritional psychology, “dietary intake patterns”).

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Do Gut Microbiota Play an Important Role in Regulating Food Intake and Satiety?

Living beings need to eat to stay alive. Multiple times daily, processes in our body tell our brain that we need to eat. We feel hunger, prompting us to look for food and eat it. After we have eaten, we feel satiated. This cycle continues as long as we live. But how does this function on the neural and biochemical level?

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What are Ultra-Processed Foods Doing to Your Mental and Physical Health?

Scientists have long been reporting that individuals consuming high amounts of certain foods or taking certain substances tend to often suffer from specific diseases or disorders (Huang et al., 2023; Samuthpongtorn et al., 2023; Tilg, 2015; Wang et al., 2023). However, these findings often fall short of establishing a cause-and-effect link between the consumption of specific food and health outcomes. This happens because the effects of foods become visible only after prolonged periods of consumption. Experimental studies that identify cause-and-effect relationships can often not be conducted for long periods. Additionally, since many of these adverse health effects are very serious, it would not be ethical to conduct an experiment that is expected to inflict such conditions on study participants.

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