Many of us have found ourselves constantly craving unhealthy food and going back for more despite feeling full or having a desire to eat healthier. Well, this could be by design as some evidence reveals that many modern processed foods are explicitly engineered to be "hyper-palatable," designed with specific combinations of salt, sugar, and fat to trigger brain reward pathways that encourage
us to keep eating even when we are full.

Many of us have found ourselves constantly craving unhealthy food and going back for more despite feeling full or having a desire to eat healthier.&nbsp;Well, this could be by design as some evidence reveals that&nbsp;many modern processed foods are explicitly engineered to be&nbsp;"hyper-palatable," designed with specific combinations of salt,&nbsp;sugar, and fat to trigger brain reward pathways that encourage us to keep eating even when we are full.

METRO FM Talk with Faith Mangope