Junk food, for example, drives our reward systems into a frenzy. After spending hundreds of thousands of years hunting and foraging for food in the wild, the human brain has evolved to place a high value on salt, sugar, and fat. Such foods are often calorie-dense and they were quite rare when our ancient ancestors were roaming the savannah. When you don’t know where your next meal is coming from, eating as much as possible is an excellent strategy for survival. ~ Clear, James. Atomic Habits (p. 102). Penguin Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
Why do we crave salty, sweet, fat foods?
Why a hundred-fifty pounds
and decades after the decision
never again to see a figure on the scales again
beginning with a three again,
and more than fourteen years after
making a decision to turn my life
and my will over to the care of God
as I understood God…why is it still easy
to trigger those old cravings?
It seems like ancient history,
and evidently it really is…Paleolithic even!
Could it really be how rare a treat
as the beehive could have triggered me
all these eons since?
I need not yield to the genetic urges!
I can choose a sane plan and live it!
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