Food Can Fix It - dr. Mehmet Oz

twenty-one minutes. Instinctual responses gave you the best chance of staying
alive.
Now consider how emotions and impulses apply to modern-day food choices.
What happens when you’re tired or cranky or have low energy? Your body
knows it needs a boost and that the quickest way to spark up is to flood your
system with sugar. That’s why, at tough moments, you crave fast-acting sugars
and carbs. Even if logic tells us that a candy bar isn’t the best choice, the urge to
get more energy and the “up” feeling that comes with it can send us on a vending
machine run.