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How to tackle food addiction - News 4 Jax
An increasing number of studies suggest food has highly addictive qualities that are just difficult to overcome. The need for food is a basic requirement for human survival, but it can also be abused.
Don Prince said that for years he has struggled with an unhealthy relationship with food. Addiction is a progressive condition when untreated.
“I just took for granted the health portion of my life," Prince told WPLG-TV Local 10 News. “It was more about having a stack of Oreo cookies with a glass of milk at 10 o’clock at night while I am watching TV in bed. I would justify the cookies ... When you are bored, you stick your hand in the bag of Oreos and that’s when food addiction occurs."
Dr. Cali Estes, a psychologist who specializes in addiction, is among the experts who believe sugar and flour, much like heroin and cocaine, activate dopamine, a chemical messenger in the brain, and can affect those who are more susceptible to addiction.
An increasing number of studies suggest food has highly addictive qualities that are just difficult to overcome. The need for food is a basic requirement for human survival, but it can also be abused.
Don Prince said that for years he has struggled with an unhealthy relationship with food. Addiction is a progressive condition when untreated.
“I just took for granted the health portion of my life," Prince told WPLG-TV Local 10 News. “It was more about having a stack of Oreo cookies with a glass of milk at 10 o’clock at night while I am watching TV in bed. I would justify the cookies ... When you are bored, you stick your hand in the bag of Oreos and that’s when food addiction occurs."
Dr. Cali Estes, a psychologist who specializes in addiction, is among the experts who believe sugar and flour, much like heroin and cocaine, activate dopamine, a chemical messenger in the brain, and can affect those who are more susceptible to addiction.