TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 9 months agoELI5 why I logically understand McDonald's food is low quality and bad for me but I crave it like crack?message-squaremessage-square64linkfedilinkarrow-up152arrow-down14
arrow-up148arrow-down1message-squareELI5 why I logically understand McDonald's food is low quality and bad for me but I crave it like crack?TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 9 months agomessage-square64linkfedilink
minus-squareCaveman@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up10·9 months agoIt’s science, I don’t know the specifics of craving but I know they spent a lot of money to figure out how give you that feeling.
minus-squareBlushedPotatoPlayers@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoI’d guess sugar and fat, lots of both
minus-squareCaveman@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoI know about a funky thing where if you have equal amounts of sweet, salty, bitter, umami and sour you feel less full after eating it. It might be completely unrelated though.
It’s science, I don’t know the specifics of craving but I know they spent a lot of money to figure out how give you that feeling.
I’d guess sugar and fat, lots of both
I know about a funky thing where if you have equal amounts of sweet, salty, bitter, umami and sour you feel less full after eating it. It might be completely unrelated though.