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Avoid Progressively Sweeter, Highly Palatable Foods

He warns that repeatedly eating progressively sweeter and highly palatable foods shifts the dopamine system and narrows what feels rewarding; instead, consuming less sweet or less savory, non-super-palatable foods can help reset what feels attractive and rewarding.

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It's also true that if we continue to eat foods that are progressively sweeter and sweeter and highly palatable, it shifts our dopamine system because it activates our dopamine system to make us believe that those foods are the only foods that can trigger this reward system.

huberman · Nutrients For Brain Health & Performance | Huberman Lab Podcast #42 · Oct 18, 2021 · 1:35:23 · open ↗
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