Viewing the Brain, Digestive System, Food Environment, and Eating Behaviour from a Doctor's Perspective Child and dog eating pasta "Not hungry... but want to eat chips" Patients in the clinic sometimes say things like this: "Doctor, I am not hungry. But I always crave something sweet." "Once I open a bag of chips, the whole bag is usually gone." "I can't go without eating chocolate at night." If we explain this experience with just a single phrase like "due to lack of willpow

Same calories, different impact: How the body processes them Different kind of vegetables Most people strictly focus on tracking "calorie" metrics when trying to lose weight. Mathematically, they view it simply as an equilibrium of calories in versus calories out. However, in real-world nutritional science, the quality of the calories you consume determines whether your body stores fat or burns it. To make this more tangible, let let's look at some everyday dietary examples,