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WSJ article on foodWSJ HEALTH JOURNAL JULY 13, 2010 Eating to Live or Living to Eat? Stomach vs. Brain: Discovering Why Some People Can Resist Dessert While Others Can't "When obese people see high-calorie foods, a widespread network of brain areas involved in reward, attention, emotion, memory and motor planning is activated, and all the areas talk to each other, making it hard for them to resist," says Susan Carnell, a research psychologist at the New York Obesity Research Center at Saint-Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital and Columbia University and one of the investigators.Interesting article on fMRI studies of how our brains react to food.
Diet Calendar Entries for 13 July 2010:
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1557 kcal
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Fat: 115.08g | Prot: 109.14g | Carb: 33.04g.
Breakfast: Ground Beef (95% Lean / 5% Fat), tomato, eggs. Lunch: almond crunch bar atkins. Dinner: Sausage & Mushroom combo, tomato. Snacks/Other: whipping cream. more...
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2865 kcal
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Activities & Exercise:
Calisthenics (light, e.g. home exercise) - 20 minutes, Driving - 1 hour, Resting - 2 hours and 40 minutes, Sleeping - 8 hours, Desk Work - 8 hours, Sitting - 4 hours. more...
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Hey Rowan, thanks for the link - that's a really interesting article, especially to a closet psych nerd like me! :)
16 Jul 10 by member: jessie1326
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Oh my goodness, it explains a lot, especially about me. It is so true.
16 Jul 10 by member: kmartin
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