stuck in a cycle of relentless urges, short-term
satisfaction, and long-term guilt, shame,
anxiety, and weight gain. To effectively
change our relationship with food (and
maintain new, healthy habits forever), we
need to understand what is behind our
cravings, habits, and patterns.
It all starts with biology and nature.ANCIENT SIGNALS IN A
MODERN WORLD
If we were hunting and foraging our food
in nature, our bodies would need some way to
signal to us that we’d found something useful.
For example, bitter tastes signify toxic foods
while sweet tastes signify a safer choice.
Thanks to nature and our biology, our brains
have been hardwired to appreciate three basic
tastes: sweet (a safe source of energy), fatty (a
dense source of calories), and salty (a means