When Pleasure Backfires & The Truth About Losing Weight - SYSK Choice

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You know getting enough sleep is important. But what if you could make a meaningful difference in your health and well-being by getting just 15 minutes more sleep each night? That doesn't sound like much, but research suggests even a small increase can have some surprising benefits. Listen as I explain why those extra few minutes may be more valuable than you think. https://conservancy.umn.edu/handle/11299/162769 We have more ways to entertain ourselves, indulge our desires, and experience pleasure than any generation in history. Great food, endless entertainment, social media, shopping — whatever feels good is usually just a click away. So why aren't we happier? Could it be that all this pleasure is actually making us miserable? Psychiatrist Anna Lembke says our brains simply weren't designed for a world of nonstop gratification, and the consequences can be profound. Anna is medical director of Stanford Addiction Medicine and author of the bestselling book Dopamine Nation (https://amzn.to/3BahOhY). Listen as she explains the surprising connection between pleasure and pain, why getting more of what we want can leave us feeling worse, and what we can do to restore some balance. If losing weight were simply a matter of eating less and exercising more, wouldn't it be a whole lot easier? Yet millions of people struggle to lose weight and keep it off, despite following all kinds of advice about diets, calories, exercise, and metabolism. The problem is that much of what we've been told about weight loss is misleading, oversimplified, or just plain wrong. So what actually works? Joining me to separate scientific fact from popular fiction is Robert Davis, award-winning health journalist and author of Supersized Lies: How Myths About Weight Loss Are Keeping Us Fat (https://amzn.to/3ptX41Q). Listen as he challenges some widely held beliefs about weight loss and reveals what the science really says about shedding pounds and keeping them off. Your cellphone could be a lifesaver in an emergency — even if you're unconscious or