Andrew Huberman· PhD
Anorexics rather than being anxious in the presence of food have a hyperacuity a hyper awareness of the fat content of foods almost to the point of being sort of fat content savants.
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Anorexics rather than being anxious in the presence of food have a hyperacuity a hyper awareness of the fat content of foods almost to the point of being sort of fat content savants.
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anorexics have a sort of switch that's been flipped such that their decisionmaking is actually pretty darn good. It might even be better than yours in terms of evaluating food nutritional content, but their habits are disrupted. So, they're not even consciously aware of the fact that they're making terrible and in some cases very dangerous food choices.