How your brain can power weight loss: Dr Helena Popovic on NeuroSlimming

Step 1: You go on a diet

Step 2: You lose a lot of weight

Step 3: You put it all back on six months later

Recognise this cycle?

Well, a leading doctor says a big reason for regular disappointment is because we are leaving out one important body part in the weight-loss process: The brain.

‘When only eat when they’re physically hungry, they eat 30 per cent less,’ she told Peter and Kate on 3AW Breakfast.

‘Secondly … we don’t overeat because something tastes too good; we overeat because we’re not tasting it fully.’

Click play to hear Dr Popovic explain.