How does the brain determine our food choices?
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Brain and food.
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By: Chantal Lorho Follow
Does the brain really decide our food choices?
Is it the guardian of the taste memories of our childhood: from the taste of caramel cream to the smell of chocolate cake?
Why do we prefer sweet to salty?
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How are addictions explained?
Why are we hungry or thirsty?
Why do we love bubbles?
Are our culinary tastes innate or acquired?
Is happiness in digestion or in gastronomy?
With
Roland Salesse
(Honorary Research Director at the National Institute for Agronomic Research. For 10 years he directed the Neurobiology of Olfaction Unit (NOeMI) at the Jouy-en-Josas Research Center) for the book
The cooking brain, Little lessons in neurogastronomy
,
published by Éditions Quae.
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