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no sugar or flour, food addiction?

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  • Adventurista
    Adventurista Posts: 2,105 Member
    edited November 30
    Interesting morning tv show 2023 story on survey results and the 'debate' around food addiction. Article also includes a little morning tv discussion video snippet.
    https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/cant-say-no-sweets-snacks-sign-food-addiction-rcna67881
  • Siren2024
    Siren2024 Posts: 57 Member
    ninerbuff wrote: »
    Personally I don't believe there's food addiction. How can you be addicited to something you need TO LIVE? Unlike alcohol, gambling, drugs, etc., food is a necessity. I have yet to see someone sell their body, steal from loved ones, or blow their paycheck on sugar and flour. This is NOT to say there aren't eating disorders. But those differ from actual addiction where more than just therapy is needed.


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    Oooh I dunno , ld pretty much do anything for a bar of Cadburys chocolate some days 😜
  • Corina1143
    Corina1143 Posts: 3,787 Member
    Back to the original post.
    Paraphrasing "doesn't a life without cookies seem sad".
    I used to love cookies! But then they started putting dough conditioners in all wheat flour in the US. No more cookies, no more bread, no more wheat pasta for me, please. A choice. You have the cookies and cake. I'll have seconds of meat, potatoes, salad, veggies.
    I used to drink 3 3-liter cokes a day. I ate about 800 calories of real food. When a dietitian pointed it out to me, I quit coke cold turkey. Things started tasting different. Through the years, I have eaten less and less sugar. By choice. It takes a lot less sugar to satisfy my sweet tooth.
    Now I pass right by the cookies without slowing down. I know that anytime I choose, I can have cookies. Today I choose to snack on raw broccoli. I like it!

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