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Robin Ince Meets Chris van Tulleken - Why We Can't Stop Eating Stuff That Isn't Food

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The Neurological Difference Between Wanting and Loving Food

The octoprocess diet, to be honest, a lot of it seems disgusting. There is a very close link between the rise of fascism and whatever you're eating. You can train humans and rats to want things they don’t like and like things they don't want. The one thing is the crucial bit that's hard to get rid of because the wanting is the label that you attach to the addictive substance. Is anyone had the experience of wanting a thing, engaging the thing repeatedly and not liking the thing?

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