Right next to the brain's hypothalamus, where feeding and satiety chemicals are produced, is a part of the brain called the mammilary body (because they physically look like breasts). That's where food memory is stored, so when you get the signal that you're hungry, you're also accessing your memory and cravings of what foods you tend to eat when you're hungry.
Plus, the parietal region of the brain that controls the movement of the tongue, lips, and mouth acts differently in heavy people than in skinny people. Brain scans show that in heavy people tempted with sugar, this region becomes activated. In skinny people the region stays dormant, showing how sugar can play a role in emotional eating for some people but not others.
Right next to the brain's hypothalamus, where feeding and satiety
chemicals are produced, is a part of the brain called the mammilary
body (because they physically look like breasts). That's where food
memory is stored, so when you get the signal...
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Dr. Mehmet Oz answered:Right next to the brain's hypothalamus, where feeding and satiety chemicals are produced, is a part of the brain called the mammilary body (because they physically look like breasts). That's where food memory is stored, so when you get the signal that you're hungry, you're also accessing your memory and cravings of what foods you tend to eat when you're hungry.
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