Food Addiction: Similar To Drug Dependency?

Psych Central News:

Researchers have discovered irregular eating of foods rich in fat and sugar can cause changes in the brain comparable to those observed in drug dependence.

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Comments

[gdatomic]

In fact, I read the article and it was thoughful and useful. But headlines like this are one of our plagues of modern media. Headlines drove us deeper into economic crisis because too few read the articles. Bad headlines take great in-depth health research and lead people down wrong paths.

And, media outlets (Huffpost included) use headlines for their own self aggrandizement and to sucker people into reading. Except, for every 1 that reads an article, 100 read the headline.

To me, this is a pretty serious violation of appropriate headline writing. So I called it out.

[karen1p]

For those of us that have food addictions, I would like to share with you a book and an eating plan that not only is sensible, but can be sustained! It is called "The Schwarzbein Principle" The Program. This MD did all kinds of research on why diabetic diets were increasing the blood sugar in the bloodstream. It is amazing food plan and will take away cravings for sweets and no hunger! Highly recommended!

[Integrity4most]

Agree - the Schwarzbien Principle is a very intelligent, well-researched approach to eating. As someone whose entire adult life has been virtually consumed with fighting food obsession, I'm finally finding some relief. Attacking the addiction from all angles -not just diet- has been key. That and never giving up.

[gdatomic]

Wow. There's a title for you. Wrong on so many levels.

But merely to start. We all have to eat. So are we all "addicted" to food? (I think so.)

Therefore, starving is better than eating? (Anorexia laden titling, bulemia encouraging titling.)

Funny set of implications come out of that one.

[groosemoose]

You obviously didn't read the article.