The Hungry Brain by Stephan Ph D Guyenet

The Hungry Brain by Stephan Ph D Guyenet

A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year

From an obesity and neuroscience researcher with a knack for engaging, humorous storytelling, The Hungry Brain uses cutting-edge science to answer the questions: why do we overeat, and what can we do about it?

No one wants to overeat. And certainly no one wants to overeat for years, become overweight, and end up with a high risk of diabetes or heart disease--yet two thirds of Americans do precisely that. Even though we know better, we often eat too much. Why does our behavior betray our own intentions to be lean and healthy? The problem, argues obesity and neuroscience researcher Stephan J. Guyenet, is not necessarily a lack of willpower or an incorrect understanding of what to eat. Rather, our appetites and food choices are led astray by ancient, instinctive brain circuits that play by the rules of a survival game that no longer exists. And these circuits don't care about how you look in a bathing suit next summer.

To make the case, The Hungry Brain takes readers on an eye-opening journey through cutting-edge neuroscience that has never before been available to a general audience. The Hungry Brain delivers profound insights into why the brain undermines our weight goals and transforms these insights into practical guidelines for eating well and staying slim. Along the way, it explores how the human brain works, revealing how this mysterious organ makes us who we are.

Stephan J. is a writer and a musician. Guyenet, Ph.D. Guyenet, Ph.D. Guyenet, Ph.D is an obesity researcher and health writer whose work combines neurology, physiology, evolutionary biology, and nutrition to provide reasons and remedies for the world's obesity epidemic. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in science. a Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of Virginia

at the University of Washington in neurobiology. He is the founder of Whole Health Source, a famous health website, and a regular speaker on obesity, metabolism, and nutrition.