5 Food Additives That Make You Hungrier

When you read a food label, what are you looking out for? There's a lot of information there, from ingredients to calories and added sugar, but one nutrition expert says there's one thing we should be checking for, but probably aren't.

Dr. Amy Shah, a Harvard-trained doctor and nutritionist specializing in food allergies and gut health, warns that a lot of foods we buy have toxic additives in them that can actually make us hungrier. She explains that they "hijack the brain to worsen your emotional eating habits," so avoiding or limiting them can "do your body a whole world of good."

These are the food additives to be on the lookout for:

Source: CNBC

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