Amy Nicholson
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Something You Should Know
How and Why Optimism Works & Why a Little Defiance is a Good Thing
If you are caught up in the Barbenheimer frenzy, if you love ranking the Mission Impossible films, if you are just an all-around movie fan, I have a podcast for you. Hello, I'm Amy Nicholson. I'm a film critic who writes for the New York Times, and I am also the co-host of Unspooled, the ultimate movie podcast.
Something You Should Know
How and Why Optimism Works & Why a Little Defiance is a Good Thing
Each week, my co-host Paul Scheer and I unspool famous films to see if they're truly all-time classics. From the original 1984 Karate Kid to Children of Men to more recent pictures to Dune, yes, to Citizen Kane, we cover it all. Listen to Unspooled wherever you get your podcasts.
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Why Accidents Happen & Where to Find Courage When You Need It
I'm Amy Nicholson, the film critic for the LA Times.
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Why Accidents Happen & Where to Find Courage When You Need It
We come together to host Unspooled, a podcast where we talk about good movies, critical hits, fan favorites, must-sees, and in case you missed them.
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Why Accidents Happen & Where to Find Courage When You Need It
So if you love movies like we do, come along on our cinematic adventure.
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Why Accidents Happen & Where to Find Courage When You Need It
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Why Accidents Happen & Where to Find Courage When You Need It
And me, Melissa Demonts, for Don't Blame Me, But Am I Wrong?
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Why Accidents Happen & Where to Find Courage When You Need It
In Don't Blame Me, we dive deep into listeners' questions, offering advice that's funny, relatable, and real.
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Why Accidents Happen & Where to Find Courage When You Need It
Then switch gears with But Am I Wrong, which is for listeners who didn't take our advice and want to know if they are the villains in the situation.
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Why Accidents Happen & Where to Find Courage When You Need It
But wait, there's more. Check out See You Next Tuesday, where we reveal the juicy results from our listener polls from But Am I Wrong.
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Why Accidents Happen & Where to Find Courage When You Need It
So if you're looking for a podcast that feels like a chat with your besties, listen to Don't Blame Me, But Am I Wrong on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. New episodes every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday.
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Why We’re Wired to Imitate Others & How to Have a Great Conversation
I'm Amy Nicholson, the film critic for the LA Times.
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Why We’re Wired to Imitate Others & How to Have a Great Conversation
We love movies, and we come at them from different perspectives.
Something You Should Know
Why We’re Wired to Imitate Others & How to Have a Great Conversation
He's too old. Let's not forget that Paul thinks that Dune 2 is overrated.
Something You Should Know
Why We’re Wired to Imitate Others & How to Have a Great Conversation
Anyway, despite this, we come together to host Unspooled, a podcast where we talk about good movies, critical hits.
Something You Should Know
Why We’re Wired to Imitate Others & How to Have a Great Conversation
We're talking Parasite the Home Alone.
Something You Should Know
Why We’re Wired to Imitate Others & How to Have a Great Conversation
We've done deep dives on popcorn flicks. We've talked about why Independence Day deserves a second look.
Something You Should Know
Why We’re Wired to Imitate Others & How to Have a Great Conversation
So if you love movies like we do, come along on our cinematic adventure.
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Why We’re Wired to Imitate Others & How to Have a Great Conversation
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The Science of Changing Your Personality & What Really Happens to Your Trash
I'm Amy Nicholson, the film critic for the LA Times.
Something You Should Know
The Science of Changing Your Personality & What Really Happens to Your Trash
We come together to host Unspooled, a podcast where we talk about good movies, critical hits, fan favorites, must-sees, and in case you missed them. We're talking Parasite to Home Alone.
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The Science of Changing Your Personality & What Really Happens to Your Trash
So if you love movies like we do, come along on our cinematic adventure.
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The Science of Changing Your Personality & What Really Happens to Your Trash
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How You Are Being Psychologically Targeted & The Extraordinary Power of Curiosity
If you are caught up in the Barbenheimer frenzy, if you love ranking the Mission Impossible films, if you are just an all-around movie fan, I have a podcast for you. Hello, I'm Amy Nicholson. I'm a film critic who writes for the New York Times, and I am also the co-host of Unspooled, the ultimate movie podcast.
Something You Should Know
How You Are Being Psychologically Targeted & The Extraordinary Power of Curiosity
Each week, my co-host Paul Scheer and I unspool famous films to see if they are truly all-time classics. From the original 1984 Karate Kid to Children of Men to more recent pictures to Dune, yes, to Citizen Kane, we cover it all. Listen to Unspooled wherever you get your podcasts.
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Why Your Memory is Perfectly Imperfect & How to Love Better
I'm Amy Nicholson, the film critic for the LA Times.
Something You Should Know
Why Your Memory is Perfectly Imperfect & How to Love Better
We come together to host Unspooled, a podcast where we talk about good movies, critical hits, fan favorites, must-sees, and in case you missed them. We're talking Parasite to Home Alone.
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Why Your Memory is Perfectly Imperfect & How to Love Better
So if you love movies like we do, come along on our cinematic adventure.
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Why Your Memory is Perfectly Imperfect & How to Love Better
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Why We Love Fast Food & What Will Make You Successful
I'm Amy Nicholson, the film critic for the LA Times.
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Why We Love Fast Food & What Will Make You Successful
We come together to host Unspooled, a podcast where we talk about good movies, critical hits, fan favorites, must-sees, and in case you missed them. We're talking Parasite to Home Alone.
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Why We Love Fast Food & What Will Make You Successful
So if you love movies like we do, come along on our cinematic adventure.
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Why We Love Fast Food & What Will Make You Successful
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Proven Techniques for A Great Day Everyday & The Mysteries of Dog Behavior
I'm Amy Nicholson, the film critic for the LA Times.
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Proven Techniques for A Great Day Everyday & The Mysteries of Dog Behavior
We come together to host Unspooled, a podcast where we talk about good movies, critical hits, fan favorites, must-sees, and in case you missed them. We're talking Parasite to Home Alone.
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Proven Techniques for A Great Day Everyday & The Mysteries of Dog Behavior
So if you love movies like we do, come along on our cinematic adventure.
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Proven Techniques for A Great Day Everyday & The Mysteries of Dog Behavior
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Cool Things You Can Do With AI & Surprising Insight in Chance, Probability & Risk
I'm Amy Nicholson, the film critic for the LA Times.
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Cool Things You Can Do With AI & Surprising Insight in Chance, Probability & Risk
We love movies, and we come at them from different perspectives.
Something You Should Know
Cool Things You Can Do With AI & Surprising Insight in Chance, Probability & Risk
He's too old. Let's not forget that Paul thinks that Dune 2 is overrated.
Something You Should Know
Cool Things You Can Do With AI & Surprising Insight in Chance, Probability & Risk
Anyway, despite this, we come together to host Unspooled, a podcast where we talk about good movies, critical hits.
Something You Should Know
Cool Things You Can Do With AI & Surprising Insight in Chance, Probability & Risk
We're talking Parasite the Home Alone.
Something You Should Know
Cool Things You Can Do With AI & Surprising Insight in Chance, Probability & Risk
We've done deep dives on popcorn flicks. We've talked about why Independence Day deserves a second look.
Something You Should Know
Cool Things You Can Do With AI & Surprising Insight in Chance, Probability & Risk
So if you love movies like we do, come along on our cinematic adventure.
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Cool Things You Can Do With AI & Surprising Insight in Chance, Probability & Risk
And don't forget to hit the follow button.
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Lessons on Health from the Animal Kingdom & How to Manage Your Emotions
I'm Amy Nicholson, the film critic for the LA Times.
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Lessons on Health from the Animal Kingdom & How to Manage Your Emotions
We love movies, and we come at them from different perspectives.
Something You Should Know
Lessons on Health from the Animal Kingdom & How to Manage Your Emotions
He's too old. Let's not forget that Paul thinks that Dune 2 is overrated.
Something You Should Know
Lessons on Health from the Animal Kingdom & How to Manage Your Emotions
Anyway, despite this, we come together to host Unspooled, a podcast where we talk about good movies, critical hits, fan favorites, must-sees, and in case you missed them. We're talking Parasite the Home Alone.
Something You Should Know
Lessons on Health from the Animal Kingdom & How to Manage Your Emotions
We've done deep dives on popcorn flicks. We've talked about why Independence Day deserves a second look.
Something You Should Know
Lessons on Health from the Animal Kingdom & How to Manage Your Emotions
So if you love movies like we do, come along on our cinematic adventure.
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Lessons on Health from the Animal Kingdom & How to Manage Your Emotions
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What Your Doctor Doesn’t Tell You & How to Unlock Your True Voice
I'm Amy Nicholson, the film critic for the LA Times.
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What Your Doctor Doesn’t Tell You & How to Unlock Your True Voice
We come together to host Unspooled, a podcast where we talk about good movies, critical hits, fan favorites, must-sees, and in case you missed them.
Something You Should Know
What Your Doctor Doesn’t Tell You & How to Unlock Your True Voice
I'm Anne Foster, host of the feminist women's history comedy podcast, Vulgar History. And every week I share the saga of a woman from history whose story you probably didn't already know and you will never forget after you hear it. Sometimes we reexamine well-known people like Cleopatra or Pocahontas, sharing the truth behind their legends.
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What Your Doctor Doesn’t Tell You & How to Unlock Your True Voice
Sometimes we look at the scandalous women you'll never find in a history textbook. If you can hear my cat purring, she is often on the podcast as well. Listen to Vulgar History wherever you get your podcasts.
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What Your Doctor Doesn’t Tell You & How to Unlock Your True Voice
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What Your Doctor Doesn’t Tell You & How to Unlock Your True Voice
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The Backstories of Your Favorite Music & Money Mastery in a Changing World - SYSK Choice
I'm Amy Nicholson, the film critic for the LA Times.
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The Backstories of Your Favorite Music & Money Mastery in a Changing World - SYSK Choice
We come together to host Unspooled, a podcast where we talk about good movies, critical hits, fan favorites, must-sees, and in case you missed them. We're talking Parasite to Home Alone.
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The Backstories of Your Favorite Music & Money Mastery in a Changing World - SYSK Choice
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The Backstories of Your Favorite Music & Money Mastery in a Changing World - SYSK Choice
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Why Rituals Exist Everywhere & The Exercise Paradox - SYSK Choice
I'm Amy Nicholson, the film critic for the LA Times.
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Why Rituals Exist Everywhere & The Exercise Paradox - SYSK Choice
We love movies, and we come at them from different perspectives.
Something You Should Know
Why Rituals Exist Everywhere & The Exercise Paradox - SYSK Choice
He's too old. Let's not forget that Paul thinks that Dude 2 is overrated.
Something You Should Know
Why Rituals Exist Everywhere & The Exercise Paradox - SYSK Choice
Anyway, despite this, we come together to host Unspooled, a podcast where we talk about good movies, critical hits.
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Why Rituals Exist Everywhere & The Exercise Paradox - SYSK Choice
We're talking Parasite the Home Alone.
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Why Rituals Exist Everywhere & The Exercise Paradox - SYSK Choice
We've done deep dives on popcorn flicks. We've talked about why Independence Day deserves a second look.
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Why Rituals Exist Everywhere & The Exercise Paradox - SYSK Choice
So if you love movies like we do, come along on our cinematic adventure.
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Why Rituals Exist Everywhere & The Exercise Paradox - SYSK Choice
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The Surprising Power of Silence & How to Overcome Your Cravings - SYSK Choice
What a pleasure. I'm Amy Nicholson, the film critic for the LA Times.
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The Surprising Power of Silence & How to Overcome Your Cravings - SYSK Choice
We come together to host Unspooled, a podcast where we talk about good movies, critical hits, fan favorites, must-sees, and in case you missed them. We're talking Parasite to Home Alone.
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The Surprising Power of Silence & How to Overcome Your Cravings - SYSK Choice
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The Surprising Power of Silence & How to Overcome Your Cravings - SYSK Choice
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The Surprising Power of Silence & How to Overcome Your Cravings - SYSK Choice
Thank you so much for having me.
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The Surprising Power of Silence & How to Overcome Your Cravings - SYSK Choice
Yeah, I definitely think that that's one definition. I think even clearer to me is that it's two separate areas in the brain. In fact, working independently of each other, meaning that you could be hungry without activating the cravings area of your brain, and you could be craving something without actually being hungry at all.
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The Surprising Power of Silence & How to Overcome Your Cravings - SYSK Choice
Well, I'll give you an example. Say you finished a beautiful dinner. You have eaten all the things. When the check comes in, they say, oh, did you guys want any dessert? And everyone at the table looks at each other and they're like, oh, I'm full, but...
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The Surprising Power of Silence & How to Overcome Your Cravings - SYSK Choice
kind of do want to look at the dessert menu you know it's like you kind of want to see what's on there that's cravings that's like you want that dopamine release in your brain that would come from chocolate or ice cream or you know some kind of uh dessert like item that Even though you're full, you're willing to order something that will give you that feeling.
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The Surprising Power of Silence & How to Overcome Your Cravings - SYSK Choice
Our brain will want something that creates a dopamine release. And it depends on so many different things, but in general, our brain loves the feeling of a dopamine release that comes from either food or enjoyment, like, you know, going to something that you really enjoy. Gambling and gaming kind of fits in that category where you get a release of dopamine by doing that activity.
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The Surprising Power of Silence & How to Overcome Your Cravings - SYSK Choice
Sometimes it's a matter of have I done it before and now my brain wants more of it. It's related to stress. It's related to what else has happened in your day. I'll give you this example. Dopamine in our brain is created this pathway, this cravings pathway is created to keep us going back for more. So if you've had a big dessert,
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and you had a great dopamine explosion in your brain, what your brain will do is say, oh, I want that again. That's the dopamine pathway. It's pleasure mixed with motivation to try to get it again. And it's our It's a pathway that probably was created, we think, to keep us motivated to find more housing, to procreate, to find more food.
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The Surprising Power of Silence & How to Overcome Your Cravings - SYSK Choice
So body does not want you to give up once you've found a beautiful food source. It wants you to keep coming back home.
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The Surprising Power of Silence & How to Overcome Your Cravings - SYSK Choice
for more and so dopamine um the cravings pathway is a dopamine pathway that will keep you coming back for more and that's what gambling is that's what gaming is that's what desserts do for you that's what processed foods do and when you don't want to give in to those cravings you resist it and and resisting a craving can be very difficult and often it ends in failure
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instead of resisting your cravings start retraining your cravings start retraining yourself so that you don't have to seek out that late night dessert that the alcohol the the drugs the gambling all of that so I talk about a five-step plan, but the number one thing is changing the way you eat.
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The Surprising Power of Silence & How to Overcome Your Cravings - SYSK Choice
So we now know that our gut bacteria is very responsible for sending signals to the brain about when we're full, when we need more, when we're craving. So getting that gut bacteria to feel full itself, to be happy, is the number one goal. Eating the right foods, foods that the gut bacteria love, will help you send signals to the brain that you're full.
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Number one is fiber. So probiotic and prebiotic fiber. Number two is polyphenols. These are the brightly colored fruits and vegetables and spices, teas and chocolate. Number three is high amino acid foods. So these are your high protein foods that really signal to the brain that you're feeling satisfied and full. Number four is dopamine producing foods.
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The Surprising Power of Silence & How to Overcome Your Cravings - SYSK Choice
Like I mentioned, cravings pathway is due to your body wanting a dopamine release. And there are foods that you can be eating to raise your baseline levels of dopamine. Number five is omega-3 fatty acid rich foods. These are things like salmon and nuts. And these also trigger something called CCK, which is cholecystokinin, is a satiation hormone. And number six is glucosinolates.
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The Surprising Power of Silence & How to Overcome Your Cravings - SYSK Choice
Glucosinolates are a plant compound found in cruciferous vegetables like broccoli, cauliflower, kale, cabbage. They are full of this glucosinolate compound that tell the gut bacteria or feed the gut bacteria. And then in turn, the gut bacteria tell the body that we're full.
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The Surprising Power of Silence & How to Overcome Your Cravings - SYSK Choice
It can be sweet or it can be savory. Remember, there's people who love French fries and they would have those over any kind of sweet. So salt, sugar, and fat are the three things that people typically crave. And the thing is, Mike, is that food companies know this. Food companies know the science that we're talking about right now.
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They know how to rewire our brains to have the most explosive dopamine release from their foods. So what they do is they figure out, okay, if we put this much salt, this much sugar, this much fat, we could actually create a food that would be so craveable that people would keep coming back for more.
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And that's literally the problem with the food industry today is that they're creating foods that would never have this combination in nature. They're creating foods that are so craveable that whether we're hungry or not, we're going to go after those foods. And it's not just the food industry. The gaming industry, Instagram, gambling, porn, they all know how these pathways work.
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Doritos, Pepsi and Coke, McDonald's Happy Meal. It's called Happy Meal for a reason. It's literally creating an explosion in your brain of dopamine and makes you feel happy in the moment. But remember, dopamine is very smart. It dissipates quickly and you feel uncomfortable. Right after you eat something that's got a huge dopamine release, you immediately feel happy.
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a mix of pleasure and discomfort. Like, oh gosh, when am I going to get this again? Am I eating too much? Should I be eating this? It's like this pleasure mixed with discomfort. And our processed food industry is full of those. So McDonald's is a classic one that everybody kind of talks about, and Doritos. All the soda companies really work on this a lot.
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Absolutely not. It's actually the opposite. So when you understand how cravings pathways work is that the more you do it, the more you reinforce that pathway. And so it's just like alcohol, exactly the same pathway. You have a drink or you have a lot of drinks. And the next day you say to yourself, well, I feel like having a drink. And I feel like if I just have one, Um, it's going to be fine.
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I'll not have that craving anymore. And you know, we know now the biology behind it, you have one drink and it kind of reinforces that pathway to have want more of that. And that's exactly the same thing with processed foods. If you have that Snickers bar today, just to, just to give into your cravings. What it does is it reinforces the pathway and it makes you want more of the Snickers.
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And then tomorrow, you're probably going to want a Snickers and a half. And this is very true. If you ever know anyone who loves Starbucks or those frappuccino type drinks, you know, in the beginning, they taste really sweet, and you can only have a little bit. But then over time, you start craving it more and more, you can have a tall and then you have a grande, then you have a venti.
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And then before you know it, you're having a extra large jumbo size frappuccino when you're craving hits.
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No, this is a modern life problem. Actually, gambling is the best example of very, very strong craveability. So what happens is when you gamble, you lose, you lose, you lose. And then all of a sudden, without you anticipating it, you win and you create this huge dopamine explosion.
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And it creates this pathway in your brain because now once that dissipates, you're like, oh my God, I got to do that again. Because wow, that feeling was just so delightful, right? So that's what the cravings pathways does.
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I would love to give you an example, easy, lazy. I call it the lazy example because people love this example. Getting sunlight into your eyes activates a hormone called alpha MSH. That hormone makes you feel satiated. And when you get adequate sunlight during the day, you increase your chances of feeling full after meals. It calms the cravings and it makes you feel fuller.
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And if you think about it, some people will say, oh yeah, if I go for a nice sunny walk, not only is my mood better, but I'm not craving the bad foods or bad things in my life as much.
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Uh, eating foods with protein. So when you start to replace the right foods in back into your body, you reset your hunger hormones and your neurologic pathways. And most importantly, your gut bacteria, the gut bacteria will sense amino acids from proteins in your gut. And it will tell your brain that, Hey, you're getting nutrition. Um, there is a very interesting hypothesis.
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called the protein threshold hypothesis that says when you get enough protein in your GI tract, your brain starts to create satiation hormones. the neuropeptide YY, the CCK, the leptin, to say to your body, all right, we got what we need, time to stop.
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But if you're eating foods that are really low in protein, which is ultra processed foods, snacks, you will keep eating because your body hasn't hit that threshold yet of protein. And so this might makes it so usable to me. I said, oh, well, okay. If I want to have better control of my cravings, I need to increase the level of protein in my meals, especially early in my meal.
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So that by the time I start to digest the protein, I start to get the fullness signals. And so I'm not diving into the cake or the dessert at the end of the meal.
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Say you ate a meal. This happens to me all the time. Say you ate a meal and you did order dessert, but it took forever for the waiter to put in the dessert order and for it to come back. And by that time, your satiation hormones have kicked in, right? You were like, oh, I don't want it anymore. I'm done.
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That is a very common way to kind of get over cravings is after a meal, just go for a walk or maybe you do something else before you reach for that dessert. And often your hunger hormones have kicked in and you are fine with not having that craving at the end of the meal. It's much harder, as you know. when your cravings are very strong. Cravings are the strongest pathways in our body.
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They motivate us to move, to get up out of our seat, to get in the car, to drive across town and have that thing that we're craving. So it's often not as easy as just saying, oh, well just take a walk or distract yourself for 15 minutes. It just depends on how strong and how deeply rooted that craving might be for you.
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Oh, I love the peppermint one. So peppermint oil or a dark chocolate with peppermint. Peppermint works to calm the craving centers in our brain. So what they did is they actually experimented on people who sniffed peppermint every two to three hours. And then they actually looked at their brain waves through MRI. And they found that those people who had sniffed the peppermint were much less likely
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to have cravings for food than the people who didn't. So that's a really easy one. And you can allude that that would be true for, even though they use peppermint oil in the study, you can imagine that it could be like, you know, drinking a peppermint tea or having a peppermint dark chocolate. Like it could help you with those. There was another study,
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where they use walnuts, walnuts in a smoothie. And the interesting thing, Mike, is that they gave two groups smoothies. One group had walnuts in their smoothie and the other group had something that had a texture of walnuts, but not walnuts, a placebo. And they found that over two weeks time, the group that drank the walnut smoothie had craving centers in their brain that were calmer.
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and less likely to light up at the visual cues of cravings as compared to the group that just had the shake with the placebo.
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Yes, absolutely. We are in control. Our brain is plastic, much more so when we're young, you know, zero to five, they're super plastic. But then even as adults, if you recognize you have a craving for something unhealthy, you can anticipate and change that. So I'll give you an example.
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When I know for me, for example, that baked cookies like freshly baked chocolate chip cookies is something I often crave. And I know that if I keep it in the house, all I think about is when I can have that cookie, when I can have the next cookie, when I'm allowed to have that again. And I recognize that that was a craving pathway signal. And I recognize that I wanted to change that.
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So what I did is instead of having chocolate chip cookies in the house, freshly baked, I had just some really high quality dark chocolate. And what I would do is When I would crave the chocolate chip cookie freshly baked, I would say to myself, well, you know what? I'm going to do a better thing.
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I'm going to give my body a reward, a dopamine explosion, but something that's positive, something that I could like live with and be happy with. So I gave myself the dark chocolate and I call it the intermittent reward schedule. So what you want to do is the best way to create a pathway for new craving
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is to intermittently and randomly reward yourself with a positive food or item that can reshape that pathway. And so I actually retrained my brain to crave dark chocolate. Now, for some people that might not be good enough, they might switch it for something else, but it has to be something that creates a dopamine response in your brain so that when you replace one for the other,
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you still get a good feeling. So you can't replace the baked hot chocolate chip cookie with a celery stick because that's not going to give you the dopamine response to help you retrain your brain.
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The Surprising Power of Silence & How to Overcome Your Cravings - SYSK Choice
Thank you so much.
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For 11 years, every night women slept illegally on the Common.
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Getting sunlight activates a hormone called alpha-MSH. That hormone makes you feel satiated. It calms the cravings and it makes you feel fuller.
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Why We Forget & The Amazing Story of Your Body’s Atoms - SYSK Choice
I'm Amy Nicholson, the film critic for the LA Times.
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Why We Forget & The Amazing Story of Your Body’s Atoms - SYSK Choice
We come together to host Unspooled, a podcast where we talk about good movies, critical hits, fan favorites, must-sees, and in case you missed them. We're talking Parasite to Home Alone.
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Why We Forget & The Amazing Story of Your Body’s Atoms - SYSK Choice
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Science You Believe That Isn't True & The Story of The Lie Detector - SYSK Choice
I'm Amy Nicholson, the film critic for the LA Times.
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Science You Believe That Isn't True & The Story of The Lie Detector - SYSK Choice
We come together to host Unspooled, a podcast where we talk about good movies, critical hits.
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Science You Believe That Isn't True & The Story of The Lie Detector - SYSK Choice
We're talking Parasite, The Home Alone.
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Science You Believe That Isn't True & The Story of The Lie Detector - SYSK Choice
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How Flavor Has Guided Human History & The Threat of Pseudoscience - SYSK Choice
I'm Amy Nicholson, the film critic for the LA Times.
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How Flavor Has Guided Human History & The Threat of Pseudoscience - SYSK Choice
We come together to host Unspooled, a podcast where we talk about good movies, critical hits.
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How Flavor Has Guided Human History & The Threat of Pseudoscience - SYSK Choice
We're talking Parasite to Home Alone.
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How Flavor Has Guided Human History & The Threat of Pseudoscience - SYSK Choice
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How Flavor Has Guided Human History & The Threat of Pseudoscience - SYSK Choice
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Why Human Touch is So Important & Space Facts That Will Shock You - SYSK Choice
I'm Amy Nicholson, the film critic for the LA Times.
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Why Human Touch is So Important & Space Facts That Will Shock You - SYSK Choice
We come together to host Unspooled, a podcast where we talk about good movies, critical hits, fan favorites, must-sees, and in case you missed them. We're talking Parasite to Home Alone.
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Why Human Touch is So Important & Space Facts That Will Shock You - SYSK Choice
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Why Human Touch is So Important & Space Facts That Will Shock You - SYSK Choice
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The Secrets to Being a Successful Adult & Building Your Own Mental Fitness
I'm Amy Nicholson, the film critic for the LA Times.
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The Secrets to Being a Successful Adult & Building Your Own Mental Fitness
We come together to host Unspooled, a podcast where we talk about good movies, critical hits, fan favorites, must-sees, and in case you missed them.
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The Secrets to Being a Successful Adult & Building Your Own Mental Fitness
I'm Anne Foster, host of the feminist women's history comedy podcast, Vulgar History. And every week I share the saga of a woman from history whose story you probably didn't already know and you will never forget after you hear it. Sometimes we reexamine well-known people like Cleopatra or Pocahontas, sharing the truth behind their legends.
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The Secrets to Being a Successful Adult & Building Your Own Mental Fitness
Sometimes we look at the scandalous women you'll never find in a history textbook. If you can hear my cat purring, she is often on the podcast as well. Listen to Vulgar History wherever you get your podcasts.
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The Amazing Things Your Heart Does & The Power You Have to Change Lives
I'm Amy Nicholson, the film critic for the LA Times.
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The Amazing Things Your Heart Does & The Power You Have to Change Lives
We come together to host Unspooled, a podcast where we talk about good movies, critical hits, fan favorites, must-sees, and in case you missed them. We're talking Parasite to Home Alone.
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The Amazing Things Your Heart Does & The Power You Have to Change Lives
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Alone Together: The Decline of Social Interaction & Is the Future in Nuclear?
I'm Amy Nicholson, the film critic for the LA Times.
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Alone Together: The Decline of Social Interaction & Is the Future in Nuclear?
We come together to host Unspooled, a podcast where we talk about good movies, critical hits, fan favorites, must-sees, and in case you missed them. We're talking Parasite to Home Alone.
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Alone Together: The Decline of Social Interaction & Is the Future in Nuclear?
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A Paradox That Makes You Miserable & How We Amplify Our Own Stress
I'm Amy Nicholson, the film critic for the LA Times.
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A Paradox That Makes You Miserable & How We Amplify Our Own Stress
We come together to host Unspooled, a podcast where we talk about good movies, critical hits.
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A Paradox That Makes You Miserable & How We Amplify Our Own Stress
We're talking Parasite to Home Alone.
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A Paradox That Makes You Miserable & How We Amplify Our Own Stress
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The Startling Impact of Peer Pressure & Why Shyness Can Be a Plus
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The Startling Impact of Peer Pressure & Why Shyness Can Be a Plus
I'm Amy Nicholson, the film critic for the LA Times.
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The Startling Impact of Peer Pressure & Why Shyness Can Be a Plus
We come together to host Unspooled, a podcast where we talk about good movies, critical hits, fan favorites, must-sees, and in case you missed them. We're talking Parasite to Home Alone.
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The Startling Impact of Peer Pressure & Why Shyness Can Be a Plus
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How to Create Real Wealth & The Ways Technology Ruins Relationships
I'm Amy Nicholson, the film critic for the LA Times.
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How to Create Real Wealth & The Ways Technology Ruins Relationships
We love movies, and we come at them from different perspectives.
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How to Create Real Wealth & The Ways Technology Ruins Relationships
He's too old. Let's not forget that Paul thinks that Dune 2 is overrated.
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How to Create Real Wealth & The Ways Technology Ruins Relationships
Anyway, despite this, we come together to host Unspooled, a podcast where we talk about good movies, critical hits.
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How to Create Real Wealth & The Ways Technology Ruins Relationships
We're talking Parasite the Home Alone.
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How to Create Real Wealth & The Ways Technology Ruins Relationships
We've done deep dives on popcorn flicks. We've talked about why Independence Day deserves a second look.
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How to Create Real Wealth & The Ways Technology Ruins Relationships
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Seen, Heard, Valued: The Magic of Validation & Pronouns Are Weird! Here’s Why
I'm Amy Nicholson, the film critic for the LA Times.
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Seen, Heard, Valued: The Magic of Validation & Pronouns Are Weird! Here’s Why
We come together to host Unspooled, a podcast where we talk about good movies, critical hits, fan favorites, must-sees, and in case you missed them.
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Seen, Heard, Valued: The Magic of Validation & Pronouns Are Weird! Here’s Why
So if you love movies like we do, come along on our cinematic adventure.
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And me, Melissa Demonts, for Don't Blame Me, But Am I Wrong?
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In Don't Blame Me, we dive deep into listeners' questions, offering advice that's funny, relatable, and real.
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Then switch gears with But Am I Wrong, which is for listeners who didn't take our advice and want to know if they are the villains in the situation.
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But wait, there's more. Check out See You Next Tuesday, where we reveal the juicy results from our listener polls from But Am I Wrong.
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So if you're looking for a podcast that feels like a chat with your besties, listen to Don't Blame Me, But Am I Wrong on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. New episodes every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday.
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How to Survive This Absurd Life with Samantha Irby (Best Of)
If you are caught up in the Barbenheimer frenzy, if you love ranking the Mission Impossible films, if you are just an all-around movie fan, I have a podcast for you. Hello, I'm Amy Nicholson. I'm a film critic who writes for the New York Times, and I am also the co-host of Unspooled, the ultimate movie podcast.
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Each week, my co-host Paul Scheer and I unspool famous films to see if they're truly all-time classics. From the original 1984 Karate Kid to Children of Men to more recent pictures to Dune, yes, to Citizen Kane, we cover it all. Listen to Unspooled wherever you get your podcasts.