Can you be addicted to food?

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  • FatFreeKandee
    FatFreeKandee Posts: 87
    I believe you can be addicted to food, especially with all the processing and chemicals they put into things now. The difference between the addiction to alcohol or drugs, and the addiction to food is that alcoholic and drug addicts can walk away from their addiction (no easily but it can be done)..... We NEED food to survive...so we cannot walk away from it...simply have to try to control it.....someone with a food addiction going to a grocery store is very much like an alcoholic walking into a bar.
  • KettleBellHoe
    KettleBellHoe Posts: 161
    some people eat to cope with the stress they experience on a daily basis which is crazy cuz people need to fkn stop taking life so seriously.
  • clamoreaux2012
    clamoreaux2012 Posts: 28
    Thank you for your response, I have never thought of it that way. Maybe the term "addiction" isn't the right one to use, I couldn't think of a better one. It makes sense how the neurotransmitters can trigger various responses in the brain to food. Thank you!
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  • clamoreaux2012
    clamoreaux2012 Posts: 28
    Thank you, very informative. I am currently (in addition to diet and exercise) doing a cognitive therapy program to help me re-train my brain on how to think of food. I loved your suggestions!
  • kristianamonroe
    kristianamonroe Posts: 15
    yes defiantly, emotional addiction to food is common also i know wheat ( white, whole grain, whole wheat doesn't matter) in particular is a very addictive food/ingredient, it reacts with the brain the same way heroin or cocaine would

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