SEASON 1, EPISODE #10
Dr. Bubbs sits down with expert neuroscientist and obesity researcher Dr. Stephan Guyenet PhD to talk about his new book The Hungry Brain: Outsmarting the Instincts that Make Us Overeat. Dr. Guyenet discusses the fundamental role of the brain in controlling "body-fatness" and how our brains are hard-wired to seek out calorically dense foods.
Dr. Guyenet earned his Bachelor of Science in biochemistry at the University of Virginia, then pursued a PhD in neuroscience at the University of Washington where he continued doing research as a postdoctoral fellow. He’s spent a total of 12 years in the neuroscience research world studying neurodegenerative disease and the neuroscience of eating behavior and obesity. His publications in scientific journals have been cited over 1,400 times by his peers. Today, he continues his mission to advance science as a writer, speaker, and science consultant. His new book, The Hungry Brain, was released in February, 2017.
Follow Dr. Guyenet on Twitter @whsource.