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They also may have cravings for dairy and red meat. Both food groups known to be high in fat when prepared proper and without intentionally trimming the fat. Pe
by BlargMcLarg 4y ago
They also may have cravings for dairy and red meat. Both food groups known to be high in fat when prepared proper and without intentionally trimming the fat. Peanut butter, too.
- codyb 4y agoThat's interesting, I wonder if the brain ends up making a map from foods to nutrition profile in order to cause cravings to food that'll satisfy a need. For instance, I've heard of people craving grapes before to get the Vitamin C maybe (just an example), but if a human lived in an area without grapes, presumably they'd crave the closest local equivalent that'd get the vitamin they needed?
- givemeethekeys 4y agoThey also crave junk food, known for its high transfat and sugar content.
- BlargMcLarg 4y agoI mean, good job discrediting your own comment? It's pretty obvious pregnant women aren't the well-studied population of humans allowing you to discredit a study in mice.
- givemeethekeys 4y agoWhat I'm trying to say is that craving fats isn't some kind of a revelation. People crava all kinds of things, including fats. That the gut and the brain are somehow linked isn't a big reveal either. I'm just failing to see what the big deal with this research paper is.
- ceejayoz 4y agoThey found the nerves that link them for this specific purpose, the cells that send the specific signal, and a drug that blocks it. That combination of findings seems useful. (And demonstrated it not to be a taste-based craving, which is neat too.) Consider the possibility that it’s appearance in the journal Nature means more than a shallow dismissal is called for.