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Feb. 21, 2025 – Henning Fenselau, one of the study authors, says this suggests that people’s brains evolved to love sugar in excess. “Because sugar is so easy to metabolize, its consumption beyond energy needs is favorable for animals,” he says. When you’ve eaten a good meal at a restaurant and the waiter asks, “Got any room for dessert?” where does the voice that craves a gratuitous slice of pie come from?
Your brain.
Scientists now have a better understanding of the neural origins of this urge thanks to a new study published in the journal Science last week.
Mice brains are structurally similar to human brains. So, to isolate the neural pathways responsible for “dessert brain,” the researchers turned to mice.
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