Monday, 01 August 2011
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Moral of the Study: Food Addiction Similar to Drug
We've all been there. You need chocolate, and you need it now. Or you're craving french fries, and nothing else will measure up.
This recent study has found that that behavior can grow in the same form as a drug addiction.
Toronto's York University questioned 72 obese men and women with a survey designed to identify those addicted to drugs and alcohol. When focusing on seven symptoms, such as repeatedly try to quit and stopping social or recreational activities, the study replaced the term "drugs" with "food."
18 of the 72 participants fit the criteria for addiction to substance-- the substance being food. The "food addicts" were more likely to binge eat, suffer from depression, and have ADD or ADHD.
The lead researcher noted that "alcohol is just fermented sugar. They work on our brain reward pathways in the same way."
Research is ongoing to discover whether this type of addiction is genetically predisposed, in the way that drug and alcohol addiction can be.
Moral of the study? What may be a craving to some can manifest itself in others as a full blown addiction. This type of research has the potential to eventually alter the way our society views dieting and obesity. Imagine a world in which over eating was akin to alcohol abuse... Woah.
What do you guys think of this study? Have you ever felt that you were "addicted" to food?
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Comments (9)
Its about finding something that makes you feel good. That being a box of donuts or an injection of heroin.
I constantly feel a need to be eating or drinking something. I've been picking at food all day - woke up, ate a fiber bar and a banana, then came home and had a glass of chocolate milk, then some potato chips, then a bowl of ice cream, then I had an orange, then I ate French toast and then had Subway with a soda. Most recently I had another glass of chocolate milk, and before bed I might eat another orange.
I'm not even hungry! I just want to eat! I believe we SHOULD eat to live, not live to eat, because it's healthier for our bodies... but to really be addicted? Who knows.
Thanks for this blog. It's really resonated with me just now.
I remember hearing this on the Today Show, and was kind of freaking out. I think it's mainly the sugar, fats, and carbs in food that are the rewarding things (making certain foods so addictive!). I think with food addicts, you almost never see them craving "healthy" food like carrots or spinach, or even fruit. People who are addicted to food tend to crave pizza, burgers, milkshakes, etc.
Then you have those who eat for the sake of eating, which leads to a whole other mess of categories...
Great post!
yeah i've heard this too.
Anything can be an addiction, if you let it be.
I'm sure if you replaced "drugs" with "Facebook" it would produce the same results in people -_-; This study is stupid. Seriously. You can't just do a survey on 72 people and call it a successful piece of research. That's barely enough. I'm not saying food is NOT addictive, I'm just saying this isn't sufficient evidence to be declaring that food is the same as drugs.
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