Gourmand syndrome

Gourmand syndrome is a rare, benign condition that sometimes occurs in people who sustain injuries to the right frontal lobe. These people develop a new, post-injury passion for gourmet food. It was first described by Regard and Landis in the journal Neurology.^[1] It is characterised by an obsessive focusing on eating, thinking, talking, and writing about fine foods. The most famous case of gourmand syndrome developed in a Swiss stroke patient. After his release from the hospital he immediately quit his job as a political journalist and took up the profession of food critiquing.^[1]

See also

• Eating disorder
• Frontal lobe disorder
• Frontal lobe injury

References

External links

• Science News - Lessons from Gourmand Syndrome
• Uher, R (2005). "Brain lesions and eating disorders". Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry 76 (6): 852–7. doi:10.1136/jnnp.2004.048819. PMC 1739667. PMID 15897510. 
• Bramen, Lisa (2011-07-06). "Gourmand Syndrome - First identified by neuroscientists in the 1990s, the disorder is marked by "a preoccupation with food and a preference for fine eating". Smithsonian.com. Retrieved 27 April 2015.