Couldn’t our biological organisms just prefer the healthy food? It would give us larger chance of survival so genes preferring healthy food should be more popular.
In: Biology
We have caveman brains. A caveman brain still expects the food to run out.
Unhealthy food tends to be fatty or calorie dense. If we eat calorie dense stuff, we get **lots** of fuel for our bodies all at once. We get fat, and then when there isn’t any food we can use our fat to live off. Caveman brain gets excited by fatty, calorie dense junk because it’s a lot of fuel and means that food running out a month from now is less of a problem
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