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 No.89615

Hey /fit/, have you ever thought what exactly it is that makes us humans so addicted to shitty food, and so scared of things that are good for us? And I know, I know, you guys will all say something like: "we are naturally inclined to seek high fat/carb foods because when we were hunter gatherers food was scarce so we actually NEEDED extra energy" or something along those lines. However, I am thinking something more along the lines of what specific brain pleasure/reward system is specifically responsible for making cosumption of unhealthy shit so pleasurable. Is it the comfy feeling you get after eating carbs? Is it a sugar rush? Is it our sense of taste?

Now with this in mind, I would like to propose my most ingenious weight loss theory ever. What if we were to "in theory" remove our sense of taste via surgery or w/e. Once this is done, everything will taste the same i.e. bland no matter what we eat. Broccoli will taste the same as candy, water will taste the same as soda, etc… And if everything tastes the same no matter what, then we will use the rational part of our brain to chose what we eat since the pleasure incentive to eat junk food would be gone. This is all just "in theory" of course. Would this work /fit/?

>mfw I just solved obesity forever

>mfw I may have just defeated the ultimate gains goblin once and for all

You may now throw your money at your computer screen.

 No.89616

I think it's a much more complicated biological process than just taste, fairly certain there's actually stuff that goes on in the gut that makes you want that type of food. (I'm not a food scientist though so don't quote me on that.)


 No.89622

>>89615

> bland no matter what we eat

Are you insane in what way is this a good thing. Just learn some self control your lardass.

Also both our tongues and digestive systems have chemical detection systems that can identify whats in food regardless of how it tastes so it probably wouldn't even work.


 No.89623

>>89615

saltiness is also very addictive. Salt deficiency causes your brain to make proteins that cause drug addiction. It's an addiction in every sense.


 No.89630

>>89615

>Carbs are your main source of energy to the brain

>Fat and Sugars, either natural or processed are rich sources of energy, thus they're craved because our story with them

Op, that's a little delusional, but it could've worked if we were another species I think.


 No.89635

>>89615

Pizza is rated the most addicting food you can eat, cheese in general is really addictive too. Furthermore, that is a horrible idea, not only because our sense of taste and smell are cooperative, but otherwise bad because even if it tastes bland it will still give us good feelings when eaten.


 No.89645

I don't think candy gets eaten because of its taste at all.

That's just a believe along the lines of smoking because you like the taste of cigarettes.

I don't even get why people value the taste of their food as much as they do. The way I see it, if you make your lunch gourmet restaurant delicious every day, you'll get used to it after a while just like you'd get used to unseasoned meals. Then again, as a German what do I know about pleasure?


 No.89669

>>89645

You've been smoking the wrong cigarettes.


 No.89670

>>89622

>"Are you insane in what way is this a good thing."

If you are say, morbidly obese and about to die from your obesity then making everything bland is a small price to pay imo.


 No.89672

>>89622

>"Just learn some self control your lardass."

Fatties have no self-control, that is how they got there in the first place. So saying "just learn some self-control" to them is like saying "just b urself" to a typical incel /r9k/ poster. At least from their perspective.


 No.89673

>>89635

When we order a pizza, do we do it because of the warm feeling we will have afterwards? Or because of "tasty pizza"?


 No.89677

>>89615

0/10

You have not the slightest of clue how this works.

Taste isn't what dictates cravings, but it is a side effect.


 No.89684

so your solution is to scald the taste buds off everyone's tongues? someone get this man a nobel prize


 No.89696

The Jews


 No.89707

>>89696

Don't even need dubs to confirm.

Check them


 No.89760

>>89615

fuck off i like to eat


 No.89770

>>89615

Pretty sure it has something to do with the dopamine that your brain releases. The really shitty, greasy food makes your body brain release more than say, a carrot.


 No.89782

They already have products on the market that make you feel fuller using hormones

As for the whole craving shitty food thing grow some self control or just don't have any shitty food in your house and force yourself to cook everything

Once you stop eating the salty garbage people sell as food and your taste buds/body adjust the salty garbage starts to taste like salty garbage


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 No.89934

>>89673

Both. But even if we didn't taste the pizza we would still get the dopamine release.


 No.89935

>>89645

If I lived in germany I would be a fat fuck, top quality beer for super low prices, top quality sausage available practically everywhere, the likes of which I haven't been able to find anywhere in america. Not to mention you have REAL italian food, and tons of medieval fairs in the summer. I envy you, but maybe not so much because your country has a LITERAL RAY OF DEATH for a sun, and its like 500 miles to get to any major city from most towns.


 No.89943

OP your fucking retarded. You would need to be able to remove the entire fucking endocrine system for this to work.


 No.89944

>>89673

Part of the pleasure comes from the fats and carbs your brain so eagerly desires, but it also comes from the ordering of food itself.

Money is a symbol of belonging to the group. We associate it with social success and power, and spending it is the expression of that power.

Using money to order fat and carb-heavy food is like the ultimate act of lavishness to your primitive brain.


 No.89945

>>89673

>>89944

Imagine a monkey, such an alpha male that could ask at any time and have some loser go fetch for him enough calories to last him a week, every day.

When you call Domino's you're that monkey.


 No.89958

>>89935

>LITERAL RAY OF DEATH for a sun,

>and its like 500 miles to get to any major city from most towns.

what?




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