Chocolate, French fries or Chips: To most of us, these foods are Packed with fats and carbohydrates exert an irresistible attraction, which can lead in the worst case, to a ravenous attack. Because some people can not just let the fingers of some Snacks, once you have started it. So, for example, the famous bag of Chips, the jiffy is empty, if it is for only once. Now, researchers have identified a neurological circuit in the brain, with this greed in the context. The scientists back this phenomenon even in the vicinity of the game – and drug addiction. (Also read: Biotin-Hype: From food to toiletries – but what this substance can really?)

Impulsivity and cravings attacks

“We have discovered the Connections in the brain for impulse control,” said neuroscientist Scott Kanoski from the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, to the study, which was published in the journal “Nature Communications”. The key to this System, a specific neuro-peptide, according to the scientists. The so-called Melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH) is produced in the brain and regulates, among other things, the appetite is also on drugs. How this hormone affects the impulse control, was, however, still unclear.

Cravings: snacking Often is more attractive

In a series of studies in rats, the researchers discovered that there is a difference between Hunger and impulsive eating. The rats had a choice between two Levers: they Expressed one, did you immediately feed it. You oppressed to the other, they got five times the amount of food, but had to wait for a long time, until this lever worked again. Through the influence of the MCH value of the rats, the animals seemed to prefer the lever with the immediate treat, even though the other would have made more food. (Also read: These 5 foods you should eat better not on an empty stomach)

If you can’t hold in Snacking and Nibbling back, does not suffer from a lack of willpower, but the MCH value and the associated impulse control is to blame. The scientists gained by using brain scans, findings about the neural pathways for impulse control and what is the role of MCH for emotions, memory and impulse control in this area of the Brain plays.

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