Scientists have revealed why feeling stressed keeps you reaching for donuts, candy, and even candy bars. Australian researchers have said that when someone is full, an area of the brain kicks in to turn off reward signals from food that signal them to stop eating. But in experiments on stressed mice, they found this area remained silent prompting the rodents to keep eating for pleasure. Those in the stressed group gained twice as much weight as mice in the non-stressed group. The scientists said their study highlights the importance of…
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