#12 The Hungry Brain | Audiobook Review

The Hungry Brain: Outsmarting the Instincts That Make Us OvereatThe Hungry Brain: Outsmarting the Instincts That Make Us Overeat by Stephan Guyenet
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I listened to this because like many others I am fighting with overeating. No matter what I do I seem to be gaining weight slowly but steadily.

Two specific things I learned from this book are that
(1) there is quite some scientific evidence that sleep restriction increases food intake
(2) our genes did not change all that much over the centuries, but our environment did.

So going further I will experiment more with sleep and changing my surroundings instead of focusing on food-specific changes.

Overall for me, this is a 5 out of 10 (⭑⭑⭑). It is modest, contains a few nuggets and I would recommend reading (or better listening to) it if one struggles with weight gain and/or overeating.

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