UCSF researchers have identified a biochemical feedback system in rats that could explain why some people crave comfort foods - such as chocolate chip cookies and greasy cheeseburgers - when they are chronically stressed, and why such people are apt to gain weight in the abdomen.
IMO the best "comfort food" on a cool fall day is a chocolate-and-nuts dipped chocolate cake doughnut, served just as the chocolate frosting crystallizes, so it crackles as you bite into it!8-))
Any other opinions as to which are the best "comfort foods"?
UCSF researchers have identified a biochemical feedback system in rats that could explain why some people crave comfort foods - such as chocolate chip cookies and greasy cheeseburgers - when they are chronically stressed, and why such people are apt to gain weight in the abdomen.
IMO the best "comfort food" on a cool fall day is a chocolate-and-nuts dipped chocolate cake doughnut, served just as the chocolate frosting crystallizes, so it crackles as you bite into it!8-))
Any other opinions as to which are the best "comfort foods"?
I think my goal is to become more like the rats that respond to stress by running on the wheel, only instead I'll go to the pool. Madelaine
