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Hooked
Part of 9/17

onald's in the distant past it may still have the power to sweep you up and carry you through its doors today. But if that riverbed doesn’t exist then the water can’t be channeled and there’s no risk of flood.
You’ve evolved to enjoy a wide variety of high-calorie foods.
Why do so many of us find potato chips irresistible? What is it about these salty snacks that leads one bag so often to become two or three or more? To find out we’ll need to journey back to the dawn of human evolution and look at the world of our ancestors.
That world was one of extremes; the climate swung between very hot and very cold. In order to survive our ancestors evolved to eat and enjoy a wide variety of foods – everything from meat and fish to fruit roots leaves and nuts. This ability to tolerate variety meant we could eat the plants and animals that thrived in the hot weather as well as those available in colder climes.
The key message here is: You’ve evolved to enjoy a wide variety of high-calorie