Posted on 10/04/2023 6:32:17 AM PDT by devane617
Experiencing discrimination may change how the brain and the gut communicate with each other, a new study has found. The disruption, the researchers say, could promote behaviors that increase people’s risk of obesity.
The study, published Monday in the journal Nature Mental Health, included more than 100 participants, mostly women, who filled out questionnaires to gauge their experiences of discrimination in their day-to-day lives. The participants then underwent brain scans as they were being shown pictures of sugary and fatty foods, such as cake and ice cream, along with pictures of lower-sugar and low-fat foods like fruit and salad. They also provided fecal samples so the researchers could study their gut microbiome.
In individuals who reported experiencing high levels of discrimination, the photos of unhealthy, high-calorie foods triggered a larger response in the reward processing region of the brain, called the frontal-striatal region. This part of the brain is also involved with motivation and executive control.
That heightened response can lead people to reach for sugar and high-fat foods, the researchers said.
Sugar is highly addictive and is often craved by people undergoing stress, including from discrimination, as a means to provide comfort, said Arpana Gupta, an associate professor-in-residence of medicine at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine and senior author of the study.
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It’s whiteys fault that Shaniqua is fat!
I’ll bet a dozen chocolate eclairs this “study” was taxpayer funded…
Maybe we should normalize being obese.
Oh, you’re way behind the curve. Every other TV commercial is populated with very morbidly obese (extreme obesity, BMI > 50) people, usually women. And apparently, the number of black people in America has also exploded, because it’s rare to see commercials or TV programs without a high percentage of black people in them. And, its common to see the trifecta -— black, obese women. Asians, which make up about half the number of blacks in the US, are now being given a bone, too, though in very small numbers; certainly not to the degree for blacks. Black population in US is about 14%, Asians is less than 7%. Whites, 76%. Severely obese (BMI > 40) 9%.
Simply excuses for people not losing weight. everyone is a victim.
It’s not easy, I know, but it can be done.
IOW, it’s classic blame shifting.
Yep. My thoughts exactly.
Let me guess. Phase Two of the “scientists” investigation will be how obesity and being the beneficiary of white priviledge interact.
That way no one can be held personally responsible for what and how much they put into their mouths.
“Oh, poor baby! You’ve been discriminated against,“ has its corollary in “Oh, you poor baby! You have had too much White Privilege.”
More excuses for being FAT. Spare me!
My hips are racist? Who knew?
Ha, ha, ha................ Oh, wait, someone actually thought any of this crappola was serious?
Who is the most stupid?
Correlation is not causation.
“So now the 85% of obese black women will claim racism/whitey/other people made them fat.”
So, now they can claim ADA violations and can sue in a court of law. Thank about that.
They can now sue McDonalds and their grocery stores on this stupid basis.
98% of obesity and OVERWEIGHT problems are caused by consuming FAR TOO MUCH SUGAR which the body stores as FAT.
The MORE CARBOHYDRATES and PROCESSED FOODS a person consumes the MORE EXCESS SUGAR the body tends to store!
11 Signs YOU Are Eating TOO MUCH SUGAR (Doctor Reveals) 2023 - 5 min
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