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Re:Gut microbe linked to depression in large health study by Jare on Sunday February 06, 2022 @04:53PM (#30237404)
Wonder what evolutionary mechanisms made us (in general) enjoy food that's bad for us a lot more than the one that's good.
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Re:Gut microbe linked to depression in large health study by throwamon on Sunday February 06, 2022 @06:13PM (#30238066)
How about the mainstream explanation? Energy used to be scarce, so high-energy foods tasted good. Now we have plenty of energy-dense and tasty food-like stuff without the actual nutritional content.
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