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Like hungry locusts, humans can easily be tricked into overeating

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Like hungry locusts, humans can easily be tricked into overeating   

Our bodies crave more food if we haven't had enough protein, and this can lead to a vicious cycle - especially if we're reaching for ultraprocessed instead of high-fiber whole foods.

Might it be that, like locusts, we are tricked into overeating, in our case by the irresistible, low-protein, ultraprocessed foods on the shelves of the stores where we do most of our foraging? That's what Raubenheimer and Simpson, both now at the University of Sydney, argue in their recent book "Eat Like the Animals" and in an overview in the Annual Review of Nutrition.

Simpson took us through the reasoning and the data in an interview with Knowable Magazine.

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