Study: Quitting junk food may cause withdrawal symptoms

Quitting anything addictive gives you withdrawal symptoms.

Junk food definitely contains high fat. It can get you more cholestrol saturated in your body. Also the some of the ingredients can cause obesity if eaten in excess.

http://www.imageskincare.com/collections/peels

Nice spam post....do research next time, the majority of fat in junk food is unsaturated fats in the form of vegetable oil.........dat ther gov't toll us to stop eating dat der animal fat 30 yrs ago.

Quitting anything addictive gives you withdrawal symptoms.

That's deep

No kidding. Quit eating or drinking something you really enjoy, and you'll miss it. Interesting. Who would have thought?

They used fat and sugar, and it was done on mice: http://www.nature.com/ijo/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/ijo2012197a.html

In related news, scientists also speculate that donuts taste better than broccoli.

Junk food definitely contains high fat. It can get you more cholestrol saturated in your body. Also the some of the ingredients can cause obesity if eaten in excess.

http://www.imageskincare.com/collections/peels

ALL FOOD includes ingredients that can cause obesity IF EATEN IN EXCESS

I hear methadone helps with the withdrawal symptoms

some of the ingredients can cause obesity if eaten in excess.

Lettuce can cause obesity if eaten in excess.

Anyway, I used to eat tons of junk. I replaced it with healthy things like fruit smoothies to get the sweet taste without anything unhealthy and my brain seemed to accept that just fine. I don't miss the junk. I eat some here and there still, but it isn't as good as I remember.

Whoa whoa whoa, time out. I want someone to demonstrate this:

Lettuce can cause obesity if eaten in excess.


Think of it as the antithesis to that Twinkie diet guy.


It would take about 20 heads of lettuce for ~2100 calories.


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...sorry, was lost in thought...picturing 20 heads of lettuce...and trying to imagine eating all of them...every day...for months.


*shudder*


So anyhow, yeah, hoping someone accepts this challenge and publishes their results.

You only need to look at bunnies....how do you think they got so fluffy?

It would take about 20 heads of lettuce for ~2100 calories.

...sorry, was lost in thought...picturing 20 heads of lettuce...and trying to imagine eating all of them...every day...for months.


*shudder*


So anyhow, yeah, hoping someone accepts this challenge and publishes their results.

I was thinking that it must be nearly impossible to overeat on just lettuce. You'd end up hanging yourself first.

I'm not saying you wouldn't have to work for it. Just that it's possible. :-)

They used fat and sugar, and it was done on mice: http://www.nature.com/ijo/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/ijo2012197a.html

In related news, scientists also speculate that donuts taste better than broccoli.

It's still nice when science vindicates common sense (i.e., certain types of food can be addicting).

John Pinette:

"I tried the low carb diet... They said, 'Oh, after a few days you won't have any more cravings...' Well I had cravings!!! When you see a Krispy Kreme and you jump out of a moving vehicle - that's a craving!!!"

some of the ingredients can cause obesity if eaten in excess.

Lettuce can cause obesity if eaten in excess.

Anyway, I used to eat tons of junk. I replaced it with healthy things like fruit smoothies to get the sweet taste without anything unhealthy and my brain seemed to accept that just fine. I don't miss the junk. I eat some here and there still, but it isn't as good as I remember.

Whoa whoa whoa, time out. I want someone to demonstrate this:

Lettuce can cause obesity if eaten in excess.


Think of it as the antithesis to that Twinkie diet guy.


It would take about 20 heads of lettuce for ~2100 calories.


...


...


...


...sorry, was lost in thought...picturing 20 heads of lettuce...and trying to imagine eating all of them...every day...for months.


*shudder*


So anyhow, yeah, hoping someone accepts this challenge and publishes their results.

You only need to look at bunnies....how do you think they got so fluffy?

LOL I love bunnies!

I think its probably true I know after a really bad binge it takes me at least 3 days to get over the cravings.

i just read the abstract, so I don't really know, but I find it interesting that they label it high fat diet vs low fat diet, when both diets were fat + sugar. But, seems common sense... eating lots of fat and sugar made me always want to eat more fat and sugar. Most people who eat a lot of fat, also eat a lot of sugar. Unless they're low-carby types, who eat lots of fat and limited sugar, and then they report... wait for it... reduced cravings for sugar.

Peter over at hyperlipid talks about the use of knockout mice for these kinds of studies, because these mice have be been engineered to easily gain/lose fat. Makes for interesting studies, but difficult to conclude anything. Not sure what mice they used for this study. Definitely not as cute as bunnies, I'm sure.

(Only click this link if you're ready for geeky study analysis, although of a different study than the original one from OP)
http://high-fat-nutrition.blogspot.com/2012/12/more-yawns-on-insulin-and-knockout-mice.html

No withdrawl for me.....................I eat junk food at least once a week.

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Wow, you're a wild man! Once a week... that's crazy talk!