This is Your Brain on… Bacon?!?
I couldn’t resist sharing with you a piece from NPR’s health blog called “Why Bacon Is a Gateway Meat for Vegetarians.” And it involves the brain… so read on! According to Johan Lundstrom from the Monell Chemical Senses Center, bacon has a very fundamental appeal for humans. First, Lundstrom explains that the high fat and [...]
Tags: bacon, behavior, breakfast, emotional response, human evolution, sense of smell
Posted January 31, 2011 by Sharon Delman under Memory, Neuroscience, Research studies
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