Personal Narrative: Foods My Brain Reward System

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Generally I don’t usually crave a specific type of food. I can say that on an everyday basis I just enjoy eating no matter what it is exactly. One thing I can say that I crave is a home cooked meal I am not one that enjoys neither fast food nor sweets. I prefer to sit down and stuff my face with a full plate of rice, beans, steak and bananas. If it were up to me I would eat a full course meal like that for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The cravings that I also have are because when I taste the foods that I like “high calorie” foods my brain reward system goes off. My reward system going off makes me then want to eat those foods again and again (Avena, 2014). The problem with do that is that I would be obese. As it is explained in the video

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