JOHN GREEN

Reassurance-seeking tells your brain that the anxiety that goes along with making decisions is dangerous.

So each time you face a decision that makes you nervous, your brain will make you feel even more nervous.

• Salivary response: the more a food causes you to salivate, the more it will cover your taste buds.
• Rapid food meltdown: this tells your brain that you’re not full, even though you’re eating a lot of calories.
• Calorie density

• First, there is a cue, a trigger that tells your brain to go into automatic mode and which habit to use.
• Then there is the routine, which can be physical or mental or emotional.
• Finally, there is a reward, which helps your brain figure out if this particu...