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Sep 2023

44m 7s

Food Addiction, Dumb Things Your Brain D...

About this episode

Today, we bring back Laurie Santos from The Happiness Lab. This time, we focus on building a good relationship to food. We talk all about some of the worst features of how the human brain works, whether food can be addictive, how we can enjoy our food more, and how to build a good relationship with food in today’s food environment.

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