Stress causes the same signals as famine and makes us crave dense calories notes Elissa Epel

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"Stress causes the same signals that famine does. Stress makes us hungry. Stress turns on the brain pathway that make us crave dense calories," notes Elissa Epel from the Center for Obesity Assessment, Study and Treatment, University of California, San Francisco in the 7-part video series called “The Skinny on Obesity” (Episode 6).

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Robert Lustig, MD. The The Skinny on Obesity, Episode 6.
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