earth2marsh, 28 days ago

@KFosterMarks the opinions carved by my genetic and cultural inheritance plus my own personal experiences? 😀

KFosterMarks, 28 days ago

@earth2marsh Tell me more! 😄 Is that a question, or a comment!?

earth2marsh, 28 days ago

@KFosterMarks The way I see it, we crave fat in part because it has the most calories per gram. That was a great behavior when calories were scarce, but now that there's relative abundance we have different problem. Our genetic history betrays us, but so does our cultural inheritance, having woven those preferences into older traditions like gravy or newer ones like fast food.

KFosterMarks, 27 days ago

@earth2marsh Ahh, so it sounds like when you think of self-control, you think specifically about self-control in relation to food?

KFosterMarks, 28 days ago

The paper: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4736542/

The authors define "self-control" as:

"the self-initiated regulation of conflicting impulses in the service of enduringly valued goals."