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This Is Your Brain on Cheesecake

Food, We Need To Talk

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Introduction

This Is Your Brain on Cheesecake was one of the most popular episodes in our first season. The part that is indelibly in my brain was when Michael Pollan described ultra processed foods as quote, edible food-like substances. When they took the cheesecake away, the rats chose to starve themselves rather than eating their regular chow.

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