# New insights into why we crave fatty foods when dieting

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**Created:** [January 24, 2019, 6:06pm UTC](https://archive.menshealtharchive.com/t/new-insights-into-why-we-crave-fatty-foods-when-dieting/1696 "2019-01-24T18:06:54Z")\
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> **[New insights into why we crave fatty foods when dieting](https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/01/190124115339.htm)**
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> Researchers have identified new brain circuits that may act as a brake on binge eating and junk food craving. In rats who had spent a month eating a low-fat diet, researchers successfully inhibited the fatty food seeking behaviors.

  
Researchers have identified new brain circuits that may act as a brake on binge eating and junk food craving. In rats who had spent a month eating a low-fat diet, researchers successfully inhibited the fatty food seeking behaviors.