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Are scientists discovered the most fattening food?

We were we wrong about fat and sugar?

Eating too much fat or sugar involves adding calories, we know that.

But recent research indicates that the real problem is to combine.

And the bad news is that this combination is the most tempting.

What donates you choose?

Oddly enough, the first clue to solve the puzzle of what is making us fat could be in this tempting selection of donuts.

Which of these donuts is preferable?

La dona de la izquierda es… ¡demasiado dulce! This has extra sugar donut coverage.

La dona del centro es… ¡la mejor! This achieves a great base donates combination of sugar and fat, with a ratio 50:50. The interesting thing is that it tends to be the most sold worldwide.

For its part, la dona de la derecha es… ¡demasiado cremosa! The cream makes this donut know oilier.

Not even joints or riots?

Paul Kenny, a researcher internationally known for his work on the neurobiology of obesity and addiction, He has been doing experiments with rats to try to understand what kind of food we like and why.

The first thing he did was give them sugar and let his rats eat as much as they wanted.

“A los animales, course, They liked and ate much, but they tended to not gain weight because what they did was adjust your intake of other nutrients to compensate. So, on average, las ratas que tenían acceso a soluciones con alto contenido de azúcar consumieron la misma cantidad de calorías cada día”.

So if you let a rat take all the gas you want or provides access to an unlimited amount of sugar typically slimline.

In a world like this, in which we are surrounded by sweet and fatty foods but also delicious,

es asombroso que alguien pueda mantenerse delgado”.

Susan Jebb, nutrition scientist at the University of Oxford

Then they gave them all the food they wanted grease.

“Con la grasa, They gained some weight, pero no mucho”, Kenny account. “Además, They did not eat as much as they did before as the food was as many calories, your body quickly dealt with it: tienen señales que les avisan de que ya comieron suficiente”.

But, What happened when they got cheesecake, having a high fat and sugar?

“Prácticamente dejaron de comer la comida saludable que tenían a disposición; not eating too much: They are taking snacks, pero se convirtió en su fuente principal de calorías”.

The expert acknowledged that the combination of fat and sugar can be delicious and supercharges the brain's reward system, more than other food.

Something like going to the fridge and eat a spoonful of ice cream each 20 minutes. They not eat much every time, but most frequently.

And those animals gained a lot of weight and became sedentary: They slept a lot and barely moved.

What we discovered was that Kenny, unlike when it comes to sugar and fat separated, rats have a mechanism to alert them already ate enough if they are combined.

“La combinación de grasa y azúcar es completamente distinta a los otros macronutrientes… y tiene un sabor notablemente bueno”.

Irresistible temptation

The human studies show that diets high in sugar and fat they gain more weight than if only one of these elements is high. In other words, it seems that we are like rats.

But, Why is this happening?

Foods high in both fat and sugar once rare in nature.

According to research by Kenny, rats were more affected by the combination of sugar and fat.

They are highly energetic and therefore very caloric.

They are also incredibly pleasant and we can learn to associate with us taste and feel good.

Eat those things supercharges the brain's reward system, activate the same neural circuits that trigger on drugs such as heroin or cocaine.

These foods may exceed the ability to have our bodies to tell us to stop eating, así que no hay nada que nos detenga cuando vamos camino a la cocina por “un poquito más”.