• solsangraal@lemmy.zip
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    22 days ago

    interestingly and nerdily, it’s actually the “human” brain that allows us to differentiate between “healthy” and “not healthy”-- the evolutionarily more ancient mammalian and reptile parts of our brains are what crave all the sugar, fat, and salt that we eat way too much of

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      22 days ago

      I think, the fact that people have fruit at home, bananas even, and don’t eat them. Is a sign that mammalian brain is working. A banana is basically sugar, and your body’s like… I’m good on sugar thanks.