Quoted in the May 2009 Harper's Magazine, from Charles Dantzig's "Liste des Americains" in his Encyclopedie capricieuse du tout et du rien, published in France, along with other observations about "us Murricans."
He does have a point about the constant snacking and its connection to depression, for lack of a better word.
"Americans eat all the time. What anguish must be their
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To clarify . .
The full quote (cut off in the subject line) is "Americans eat all the time. What anguish must be theirs!"
I agree, it is less stressful eating this way. Permasnacking, as someone else here called it, can be a response to stress and paradoxically ends up causing more stress. Is this an example of a negative feedback loop?
I agree, it is less stressful eating this way. Permasnacking, as someone else here called it, can be a response to stress and paradoxically ends up causing more stress. Is this an example of a negative feedback loop?