Posted by Admin | 4:03 PM

[Note: in previous versions, I mixed up "LGI" and "HGI" terms in a couple of spots.  These are now corrected.  Thanks to...

Labels: Food reward, overweight

Posted by Admin | 7:00 PM

I recently read an interesting review paper by Dr. Edmund T. Rolls titled "Taste, olfactory and food texture reward processing in the b...

Labels: evolution, Food reward, hyperphagia, overweight, paleolithic diet

Posted by Admin | 7:00 PM

Let's kick off this post with a quote from a 2001 review paper ( 1 ): Increased variety in the food supply may contribute to the develop...

Labels: Food reward, hyperphagia, overweight

Posted by Admin | 7:00 PM

Michael Moss is a Pulitzer prize-winning journalist who has made a career writing about the US food system.  In his latest book, Salt, Sugar...

Labels: book review, Food reward, overweight

Posted by Admin | 7:00 PM

Or, more accurately, a rat's brain on potato chips.  Last week, PLoS One published a very interesting paper by Dr. Tobias Hoch and colle...

Labels: Food reward

Posted by Admin | 7:00 PM

I'd just like to put in a quick word for a book that will be released tomorrow, titled  Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us , ...

Labels: Food reward

Posted by Admin | 3:00 AM

This week, Food Reward Friday is going to be a little bit different.  I've received a few e-mails from people who would like to see me w...

Labels: Food reward, Food reward Fridays

Posted by Admin | 3:00 AM

This week's "winner"... the Banana Split! Read more »

Labels: Food reward, Food reward Fridays

Posted by Admin | 3:00 AM

This week's lucky "winner"... an unnamed hot dog-laden Pizza Hut monstrosity with tempura shrimp and mayonnaise! Read more »

Labels: Food reward, Food reward Fridays

Posted by Admin | 7:00 PM

In the (probably) last post of this series, I'll take the pieces that I've gradually outlined in previous posts, and put them togeth...

Labels: Food reward, hyperphagia, overweight

Posted by Admin | 7:00 PM

Welcome back to the series, after a bit of a hiatus!  In previous posts, we covered the fact that humans eat because we're motivated to ...

Labels: Food reward, hyperphagia

Posted by Admin | 7:00 PM

In previous posts in this series, I explained that the brain (primarily the mesolimbic system) integrates various factors to decide whether ...

Labels: Food reward, overweight, superstimuli

Posted by Admin | 7:00 PM

In previous posts, I explained that food intake is determined by a variety of factors that are detected by the brain, and integrated by circ...

Labels: Food reward, hyperphagia, superstimuli

Posted by Admin | 7:00 PM

In the first post, I explained that all voluntary actions are driven by a central action selection system in the mesolimbic area (the reward...

Labels: diet, Food reward, hyperphagia, overweight

Posted by Admin | 8:00 AM

In the last post, I explained that eating behavior is determined by a variety of factors, including hunger and a number of others that I...

Labels: diet, fats, Food reward, hyperphagia, overweight

Posted by Admin | 7:00 PM

As with all voluntary movements, eating food is an expression of activity in the brain.  The brain integrates various inputs from around the...

Labels: diet, Food reward, overweight

Posted by Admin | 8:45 AM

This week's "winner"... the KFC Double Down sandwich! Read more »

Labels: Food reward, Food reward Fridays

Posted by Admin | 3:00 AM

This week's "winner"... the Heart Attack Grill's Quadruple Bypass Burger! Read more »

Labels: Food reward, Food reward Fridays

Posted by Admin | 7:00 PM

In 2010, I wrote a series of blog posts on the health properties of potatoes ( 1 , 2 , 3 ).  The evidence showed that potatoes are non-toxic...

Labels: Food reward, low-carb, overweight

Posted by Admin | 6:00 AM

This week's winner... the Starbuck's Double Chocolaty Chip Frappuccino ! Read more »

Labels: Food reward, Food reward Fridays