The Hungry Brain

Lessons from 3 Nutrition Books Worth Reading

The Consistency Project, 16 September 2026. The book comes up at 41 min 17 sec in.

EC briefly cites Stefan Guillenet's "Hungry Brain" while discussing why people overconsume calorie-dense processed foods, noting that Guillenet characterises dopamine not as a pleasure chemical but as a reinforcement neurotransmitter—one that drives continued seeking of high-calorie foods from an evolutionary standpoint.

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