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Why is eating for pleasure so important?

We are all programmed to seek pleasure and avoid pain. It’s the most primitive part of the human nervous system.
So, when you eat, you are seeking the pleasure of food, and you are avoiding the pain of hunger. But here’s the trick: you
can’t receive pleasure unless you are aware that you are engaging in it. So, if you’re eating food and you’re not paying
attention - if you’re watching TV, talking too much, rushing or reading - you will potentially miss the experience of
pleasure. Besides, if you do not get the pleasure that you seek, the brain often interprets that missed experience of
pleasure as hunger. You’ll want more food, so then you’ll be wondering: Do I have a willpower problem? But there’s no
willpower problem - the problem is we are not entirely there when we eat. We’re not getting the full experience, and so
we are left feeling hungry.
So, is what we think of as overeating actually about underappreciating? Yes, this thing we’ve called overeating is
really a product of our culture, which has us moving too fast. And the faster you go, the less your brain and digestive
physiology can actually experience what’s going on with food. It takes the brain about
20 minutes to realize when we’re full. This raises a simple but very important point:
when it comes to properly registering both the nutrition and satisfaction inherent in
the food we’re taking in, the body needs time and focus to figure out what’s going on.
That’s just how we’re wired.

1- Write true (T) or false (F) according to the text. Correct the false sentences

a) Eating is connected to the feeling of pleasure. Hunger is connected to a sense of pain. ( )

b) Eating while engaged in other activities may disturb your digestion. ( )

c) Overeating is a cultural problem resulting from our bad eating habits. ( )

d) We must concentrate on the act of eating so our brain can register the pleasure and nutrition value of what we
are eating. ( )

e) Our body will absorb the vitamins and proteins from the food we eat after about twenty minutes. ( )



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Answer 1

Resposta:

a) Eating is connected to the feeling of pleasure. Hunger is connected to a sense of pain. ( T )

 

b) Eating while engaged in other activities may disturb your digestion. ( F )

You will pottentialy miss the experience of pleasure

c) Overeating is a cultural problem resulting from our bad eating habits. ( T )

d) We must concentrate on the act of eating so our brain can register the pleasure and nutrition value of what we

are eating. ( T )

e) Our body will absorb the vitamins and proteins from the food we eat after about twenty minutes. ( F )

Its takes the brain about 20 minutes to realize when we are full

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