Researchers from Australia said unhealthy junk food could curb appetite control in the brain.
The team of researchers under the supervision of Richard Stephenson of Macquarie University in Sydney, in their small study published in the current issue of the "Royal Society Open Science" magazine, that eating a food containing "unhelpful food" over a week can only harm a job The hippocampus region of the brain, which is the area that usually suppresses the human being's health while eating, reduces our desire for it by satiety.
According to the researchers, the unhealthy feeding method affects the hippocampus, and leads to an increased desire to eat more food, even if the person is already full.
The study included 105 healthy young men and volunteers, who were divided into two groups, one feeding healthy, and one dependent mainly on "unhelpful food".
The researchers found that the self-control of the members of the group, which includes young people who eat mainly their hamburgers and other fast food meals, clearly decreased just a week after the start of the experiment, compared to the other group that nourished in a healthy way, as the appetite of the youth increased mainly towards Fast food, which made them ask for more of them, even though they were already satiated.