Starved Brain Cells May Cause Diets to Fail

Tuesday, August 2, 2011 - 11:31 in Health & Medicine

When starved for food, brain cells start eating themselves, a process which strengthens the hunger response and can lead to overeating, a possible reason strict dieting can backfire.

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