Let’s do a little Pavlovian conditioning experiment.
Repeat these words aloud:Chips Ahoy,Oreos, Milanos.
Now, be honest, whose mouth is watering?
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Who’s not also craving a glass of cold milk?
Simply thinking about thesebeloved dessertsstarts to tickle the reward zones of your brain with a dose of dopamine.
Like chocolate,alcohol, and shopping, cookies are classic examples of pleasurable stimuli that drive our behaviors.
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And we don’t.
But try telling yourself that when you’re three cookies into a sleeve of Thin Mints.
The world is full of hundreds of bodyweight-boosting foods that can trigger your cravings for more and more.
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Here’s a sampling of the worst foods that cause insatiable cravings and can make you gain weight.
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Same reason you add more Lucky Charms to your bowl when there’s leftover milk.
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Refined carbohydrates don’t satisfy hunger for very long because they lack fiber, says Wertz.
And, in the case of manyboxed cereals, they are sugar-coated.
The added sugars and refined carbs send your blood sugar through the roof.
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You’ll need to eat more to feel satisfied.
And the extra calories are likely to end up as visceral fat in your midsection.
Garcia says we are especially vulnerable to these feelings when we are under stress or experiencing negative emotions.
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They’re like a salve on a wound.
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)Animal studiessuggest that eating fructose causes leptin resistance and ushers in the development of obesity.
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Leptin is a hormone that suppresses appetite or increases the body’s use of energy.
Leptin resistance causes feelings of constant hunger even when there’s been adequate food intake.
In one study, rats who were fed a high fructose diet developed leptin resistance.
Blame your bliss point.
When the heat and endorphins subside, we desire that feeling again so we eat more.
MSG is known to stimulate glutamate receptors in the tastebuds.
