A team of US researchers has revealed that the pleasure centre of the brain that produces dopamine, and the biological clock that regulates our physiological rhythms, are linked and that high-calorie foods -- which bring pleasure -- disrupt normal feeding schedules, resulting in overconsumption.
The team led by Ali Güler, Professor of biology at University of Virginia, found that mice fed a diet comparable to a wild diet in calories and fats maintained normal eating and exercise schedules and proper weight.