How much of anything do you really need? What’s enough to make you happy? In today’s episode The Nutrition Grouch wrestles with the idea of “what’s enough?”. So many of us have so much, and yet, it never seems to be enough. Humans have an insatiable appetite for more. But more isn’t always better and more doesn’t necessarily lead to happiness. In obesity, we clearly have exceeded, “what’s enough?”, in terms of calories. But why do we consume some so many calories...
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How much of anything do you really need? What’s enough to make you happy? In today’s episode The Nutrition Grouch wrestles with the idea of “what’s enough?”. So many of us have so much, and yet, it never seems to be enough. Humans have an insatiable appetite for more. But more isn’t always better and more doesn’t necessarily lead to happiness. In obesity, we clearly have exceeded, “what’s enough?”, in terms of calories. But why do we consume some so many calories...
Many of us have a nearly unlimited access to a wide variety of ultra-processed, highly palatable, energy dense food. And yet, most of us don’t gorge ourselves on these ultra processed foods at every waking moment like a bear in September. But why don’t we? With the risk of oversimplification, I think that most of us have some level of restraint (outside of hunger and satiety, because we know that can be overridden) based upon an internal framework of what they should be eating and...
The Nutrition Grouch
How much of anything do you really need? What’s enough to make you happy? In today’s episode The Nutrition Grouch wrestles with the idea of “what’s enough?”. So many of us have so much, and yet, it never seems to be enough. Humans have an insatiable appetite for more. But more isn’t always better and more doesn’t necessarily lead to happiness. In obesity, we clearly have exceeded, “what’s enough?”, in terms of calories. But why do we consume some so many calories...
