In his new book “The End of Overeating” David Kessler presents some great facts as to why we can’t resist junk food. The key paragraph for me is…
“Highly palatable” foods — those containing fat, sugar and salt — stimulate the brain to release dopamine, the neurotransmitter associated with the pleasure center, he found. In time, the brain gets wired so that dopamine pathways light up at the mere suggestion of the food, such as driving past a fast-food restaurant, and the urge to eat the food grows insistent. Once the food is eaten, the brain releases opioids, which bring emotional relief. Together, dopamine and opioids create a pathway that can activate every time a person is reminded about the particular food. This happens regardless of whether the person is hungry.”
His solution: choose a route that doesn’t take you past a junk food store. All that research and then he states the bleeding obvious.

Fed up with life under a community and government that has evolved over hundreds of years? Why not start your own off-shore country from scratch to suit the modern world. What would you do? What laws would you set and what would you change. Although I’m an optimist by nature I reckon it would soon dissolve into a dictatorial nightmare through the human nature determining that anyone who wants to be in power should be disqualified from the job. How about everyone has to spend mandatory time working in decision making roles in the same way as jury service?