Peter Attia· MD
and essentially and this is subconscious stefan like were we is this again just part of that stuff that was now so wired into us that yes you know we didn't want to eat grass like we knew that even though you could sort of get the gastric distention from eating a lot of grass like a cow could it was doing nothing for us both it didn't taste good and so in the short term it wasn't pleasing and in the long term obviously it didn't satiate us yeah that's right and i think you know there's a couple angles on this one obviously humans have cultures so we figured out you know what foods are good over long periods of time but a key aspect of this is dopamine-mediated reinforcement and essentially our bodies are set up to respond to certain types of nutrients like the ones you mentioned and create a motivation and learning response that prioritizes and sets the motivational level on the seeking of those types of foods