{"id":436,"date":"2015-04-01T23:22:45","date_gmt":"2015-04-01T20:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dimakopoulosi.gr\/?p=436"},"modified":"2020-09-24T17:49:57","modified_gmt":"2020-09-24T14:49:57","slug":"gia-ena-pasxa-zaxari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dimakopoulosi.gr\/en\/gia-ena-pasxa-zaxari\/","title":{"rendered":"A sweet Easter Holiday"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many times right at the end of a meal we realize we ate more<\/strong> than we should have. That is we were full<\/strong> long before we stopped. Why do we do that? Is this behaviour prevalent with all kinds of foods? We\u2019ll try and give some answers.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Overeating may lead to obesity; understanding its cause is constructive for avoiding<\/strong> it. Then again there are foods which are more conducive to putting on weight. Those are the foods high in fat<\/strong> and sugar<\/strong> and we wonder why that is. Also, some of us might eat more during the holidays than the rest of the year.<\/p>\n

Foods high in fat and sugar activate<\/strong> regions of the brain that are related to overeating. A recent study focused on comparing the effect the two have on reward from food as encoded in the brain. Sugar\u2019s effect on activating brain regions responsible for reward was more profound. Furthermore, fat and sugar weren\u2019t observed to interact in order to stimulate together those same regions.<\/p>\n

With the Easter holiday not that long away it is worth noting a few tips that may help us restrict sweets and sugary foods in general.<\/p>\n