It named the main cause of overeating

Subject overeating today one of the most urgent in medicine and society. Many nutritionists believe that it is the habit of overeating leads to problems of excess weight and obesity. However, Professor Robert Lustig of the University of California, is convinced that we can not assume that people overeat from a lack of willpower. Overeating - a more serious problem.

The habit of overeating is a violation of self-control, his blocking. Observations of obese people show what they are eating is automatically and not because hungry. Most methods of weight loss are reduced to enable the patient to a sense of self, awareness.

However, Professor Lustig says that the main cause of overeating is not a lack of willpower, and use of some products. According to the professor, who led the US media, people are prone to overeating, often do not realize that eat more than you need and do not associate this habit with the emergence of their diseases. Robert Lustig called overeating "scourge of modern civilization": that eating large quantities of food eventually leads to obesity and all its related diseases.

To cope with overeating using willpower modern man is becoming more difficult - enough to take to the streets to see this. American doctor thinks that an uncontrolled habit of eating is closely linked with the consumption of sugar. Food is not complete without it - the sugar is added, even those products that are not pastry. That he is the main instigator for the body. The excess of simple carbohydrates makes the brain insensitive to leptin - the hormone that promotes feelings of satiety. When leptin signals do not reach the brain, it continues to seem delicious food, even when it is not needed.

Professor Lustig believes that break the vicious circle can only be by phasing out sugar, white bread, and other foods high in simple carbohydrates. The only way you can really get a grip on their appetite. (READ MORE)

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