Brain science keeps rolling along -- much faster that psychotherapy science I'm afraid. I rad a study this week about some researchers in Montreal found that both children and adults seek out high calorie foods, even when they understand the concept of obesity.
http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2014/10/eating-healthy-vs-your-own-brain.html
We are programmed to eat to stay alive. We are programmed to grab what we can before it runs away or before winter sets in. Perhaps that's especially true in Canada.
But what the study also makes clear is that we are hardly aware of all the factors that go into our decisions. Our brains are wired to help us act quickly and in our best interest. Or at least in the best interest of where are way-back ancestors lived 200,000 years ago. That was before Domino's had a pizza delivery app.
Eat healthy my friends, (and drink wisely too).
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Dogs are programmed the same way. We have an adolescent puppy which has become a little more rebellious lately. The day before yesterday, she hopped up on a chair and then on the table and helped herself to a small dish of butter. Yesterday, it was my grandson's lunch hotdog. Not a smidgin of morality here. Yes, she was sorry. Sorry for about 3 seconds at being caught.
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