TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 23 days agoELI5 why I logically understand McDonald's food is low quality and bad for me but I crave it like crack?message-squaremessage-square61fedilinkarrow-up150arrow-down15
arrow-up145arrow-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 · 23 days agomessage-square61fedilink
minus-squareCaveman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·22 days 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-up2·21 days agoI’d guess sugar and fat, lots of both
minus-squareCaveman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·21 days 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.