Sweets change our brain

Why we can’t keep our hands off chocolate bars and co.

Chocolate bars, crisps and fries – why can’t we just ignore them in the supermarket? Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research in Cologne, in collaboration with Yale University, have now shown that foods with a high fat and sugar content change our brain: If we regularly eat even small amounts of them, the brain learns to consume precisely these foods in the future.

Quelle: IDW Informationsdienst Wissenschaft