Episode 36: Your Cravings Might Be Older Than You Think - Epigenetics, Ancestral Trauma and Emotional Eating
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What if the urge to reach for food when you're not physically hungry isn't just about today? What if it's older than that — much older? In this episode Megan explores one of the most fascinating and undertalked pieces of the emotional eating conversation. The intelligence your body is carrying that has nothing to do with willpower and everything to do with thousands of years of human survival. She talks about epigenetics — the science of how trauma and experience actually alter the way our ge...
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