I've heard its your sel-control but where is it?
2007-04-02 15:48:20 · 5 answers · asked by Dude with alot of questions 1 in Health ➔ Mental Health
The best thing I can suggest is to get the book 'Potatos not Prozac' which explains in detail how blood sugar levels effect brain chemicals and how the brain chemicals effect behaviour, moods etc.
To help with 'self-control' simple rule, decrease simple carbohydrates, increase complex carbohydrates, take vitamins B, C & Zinc, also help to regulate chemical levels
2007-04-02 15:58:38 · answer #1 · answered by yutu34 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It can be healthy choices, it can be our metablolism, it can be how we were raised with eating habits. For me I think it is all of the above. I am over weight, never was until I had my second child. I just keep gaining. However, I starting taking my psych meds a few years later, and that has packed on the weight. Perosnally, I think that if our chemicals are messed up with mood disorders, then we can have other chemicals messed up as well. --Gina
2007-04-02 22:55:24 · answer #2 · answered by gsj4dbsa 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Our ancestors expended huge amounts of energy in order to survive, and so it was beneficial for them to eat as much food as they could get their hands on. Within the last 200 years, advances in technology have allowed many of us to lead a much more sedentary lifestyle. However our brains are still programmed to have us eat a lot.
2007-04-02 22:55:34 · answer #3 · answered by ~Christine~ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's called evolution...
Humans evolved as hunter gatherers. Sweet = good (quick energy). Fatty = good (energy over long term)
Unfortunately, "healthy" food doesn't "taste good." Fatty & sweet foods do. We therefore crave sweet and fatty foods, but not the food we *should* eat.
2007-04-02 23:02:00 · answer #4 · answered by jcurrieii 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the brain tries, but free will intercedes
2007-04-02 22:56:43 · answer #5 · answered by AuntTater 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋