[CLASSIC POST] Book Review: The Hungry Brain
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The Semi-Starvation Neurosis of Weight Loss
Ansel Kiese starved his subjects until they lost 25% of their body weight. He found that the subjects developed a remarkable obsession with food. They became fascinated by recipes and cookbooks, some even began collecting cooking utensils. Unsurprisingly as soon as the experiment ended, they gored themselves until they were right back at their pre-experiment weights but no higher. At which point they lost their weird food obsession.
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