Questão 21 - CESMAC Dia 1 2024/2

Answer the next question based on the text below.

 

Gluttony: One of the deadly sins that poses serious health risks

We know what a healthy diet looks like, and we certainly do not appreciate being fat, so why is eating less such a troublesome process? It turns out that each choice we make about eating is affected by mental and physiological strengths that are often outside of our awareness and control.

New research is uncovering that those occasional times of overeating and eating for pleasure, instead of out of starvation, can drag us further down the way to gluttony, preparing our brain to want that hedonistic involvement more. People who indulge may create the same patterns of neural action in some part of the brain related to fulfilling experiences as drug addicts do. Being surrounded by a lot of amazingly tasty food plays a key part in activating this fulfilling brain reaction in some individuals.

We may, after all, just be hungry. As a result, specialists have to agree on a definition of habit in this case. And not at all like drugs, food, in general, cannot be defined as an addictive substance. Make sure you're aware of and maintain a strategic distance from situations where you're conditioned to eat. A lot of people eat when they are bored or stressed, so rather than turning to food at those times, prepare your brain to need a more useful remunerate, such as taking a walk. And once you do discover yourself unable to resist the junk food at a party for instance go ahead and have a few, a little indulgence may avoid a far greater fall off the wagon.

Adaptado de: https://nnc.gov.ph/regional-offices/mindanao/region ix-zamboanga-peninsula/9666-gluttony-one-of-the-deadly-sins-that poses-serious-health-risks. Acesso em: 5 abr. 2024.

According to recent studies