Cravings for fatty foods traced to gut-brain connection
So now I can blame my poor dietary choices and comfort eating on my &quot;gut-brain connection&quot;? Sweet! &#x2F;s<p>But in all seriousness, this was already known. We are wired from evolution to de drawn to fatty foods, from the caveman times when food was a scarce luxury, and fats were a dense source of calories that could keep out bodies going for longer especially in harsh climates, therefore eating as much fat as you could find was a must for survival. In the middle age paintings, a lot of women were on the plus side as the body fat was a sign of health, wealth, good nutrition, fertility and capacity to carry out pregnancies and feed babies.<p>But in our modern sedentary world where calories are abundant (in the west at least) fatty foods are more of a health risk than a benefit for the general population.<p>But still, I love the taste of fatty foods and loathe the taste of the low-fat variants. Cappucino just tastes like crap with soy&#x2F;low-fat milk. Cheese and butter tastes amazing. Fatty fish and foul is a delight. Beef cuts with lots of marbling is better. And in general, foods cooked in animal fat are something else.  To me at least, other people might have different tastes. But now I know I can blame my caveman ancestors for my cravings.<p>There&#x27;s also this new keto diet that sprung up in the weight-loss, body-building circles a while back, based on this theory that we should feed like our caveman ancestors, using only proteins and fats with zero carbs. I&#x27;m not an expert so I cannot comment on this diet though.