Paul Saladino· MD
Because our ancestral brains crave fruit and honey.
The evidence is convergent. Multiple independent sources reach the same conclusion, the underlying mechanism is well-characterized, and even the field's most cautious voices treat it as worth doing.
Because our ancestral brains crave fruit and honey.
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sweet stuff right because we're all have that drive to eat sweet stuff so that in the fall between fall and winter wheat as many berries as possible so we don't started it during the winter
the Deep part of their brain is saying my ancestors from 500 000 years ago would love honey when they could get it from bees you know they would love to eat fruit when it's in season that's what they're saying but what they're saying in 2023 is we love candy
so you may have a sweet tooth and that's okay because your ancestors involved eating fruit
Like, why is it that when I walk into the pantry and I see a candy bar versus a cheese stick or something, I want to eat the candy bar? Well, that's evolution.