It sounds primitive, but our deepest instinct is to look for food and sex all day long. This happens subconsciously, of course, and is not an addiction. We have the desire to survive (food) and to reproduce (sex). In our ancestor’s environment, without much...
Weight loss is the main goal of the Western population. In a study conducted in the U.S., if given the choice between getting their child through high school or personally losing weight, the majority chose weight loss. That’s how urgent the desire is to lose...
There are a few particular misconceptions about moderation with regard to dietary and lifestyle practices, such as the consumption of caffeine, alcohol, cigarettes, junk food, and drugs. Cocaine, caffeine, alcohol, tobacco, amphetamines, chocolate, junk food, oil,...
The nutrition and fitness industry is booming, and yet each of us finds it difficult to eat healthy on a daily basis. And if you do manage it for a while, you feel like an outsider. But why is it so difficult to eat healthily and, above all, to stick to it...
You always hear that genes influence our weight. How exactly, you will learn here. “Fat people” are often labeled by “thin people” as undisciplined and having a lack of willpower. They supposedly eat too much, can’t restrain themselves...