• Question: why does the unhealthy food taste better than healthy food?

    Asked by anon-241766 to Ross, Natalia, Martin, Gabriela, Ellie, Chukwuka on 12 Mar 2020.
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      Ross Alexander answered on 12 Mar 2020:

      great question,
      unhealthy food is usually fried, has salt, sugar, artificial colours & flavours, meat still has the blood in it (& blood in the meat is what gives it its flavour).

      Healthy food usually has none of these things. it is the high salt, sugar & fat that the body loves in the “junk”food. These trigger the release of certain pleasure-inducing neurotransmitters called dopamine and oxytocin, these make us feel relaxed, pleasure and enjoyment that make us feel great, making us want to eat more

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