Children start associating eating with celebrations and pleasure, leading to learning to eat based on emotions like sadness or frustration, creating unhealthy habits. The term 'hedonic hunger' denotes eating due to emotional reasons rather than actual hunger, causing a mismatch in our eating patterns. This emotional eating disrupts the normal homeostatic hunger, leading to a disconnect between eating for nourishment and eating for emotional satisfaction.
In this episode, Dr. Jud Brewer discusses how to manage your hunger habit through updating reward values and other important strategies. He emphasizes the significance of mindfulness in navigating emotional eating and changing behaviors around eating. Dr. Brewer offers several practical strategies and valuable perspectives for individuals seeking to address unhealthy eating habits or addictions.
In this episode, you will be able to:
- Discover the power of updating reward values in habits for lasting behavior change
- Uncover the neuroscience behind habit formation and how it influences our daily choices
- Learn the art of mindful eating as a powerful tool for effective weight management
- Overcome food addiction by cultivating awareness and taking control of your eating habits
- Understand what it means to become disenchanted with unhealthy eating patterns
- Explore effective strategies for updating reward values in habits to create positive change in your life.
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