#308 - Why Some Foods Are So Hard to Stop Eating | Dr. Dana Small & Mike Haney

Podcast: LEVELS – A Whole New Level · Levels

Opublikowano: 2026-08-27

Why do we crave some foods the more often we eat them? Are we addicted? Dr. Dana Small’s research suggests that food craving reaches far beyond taste or willpower, and that “addiction” isn’t a helpful descriptor. Every time we eat, unconscious signals from the body teach the brain which foods deliver useful nutrients, and train us to want more of those. In other words, we don’t eat crave foods because they taste good; foods taste good because our body craves them. Understanding that means we can rethink overeating. It’s not a matter of ad...