People generally consume food until the brain perceives that an adequate intake of amino acids has been achieved.

“it's fair to say that the sum total of these studies point in a direction where people will basically eat not until their stomach is full, but until the brain perceives that they have adequate intake of amino acids.”

Mindful eating practices help individuals reduce compulsive stress-induced eating and improve metabolic health outcomes.

“in our trials we find that if they people with compulsive eating if they get that if they get randomized to the mindful eating they do better in terms of their insulin resistance and their glucose and their long-term weight loss”