Jud Brewer MD PhD Profile picture
Neuroscientist, addiction psychiatrist & Author of Unwinding Anxiety🔸Assoc. Professor @BrownUniversity🔸Exec. Med Director @SharecareInc🔸Founder: MindSciences
Jan 9, 2019 18 tweets 13 min read
1/ Is willpower myth or muscle? Using eating & #dieting as an example, let’s discuss the science behind #willpower, when willpower fails, and what we can learn from all of this to help us break bad #habits. A long thread, but follow along to learn why willpower is really a myth. 2/ If you're a #primarycare provider trying to help patients lose weight, a #nutritionist trying to get someone to stick to a healthy #diet, or simply trying to eat better yourself: Do you ever feel frustrated, helpless or like a failure in changing #habits?