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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 1835" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://www.news4jax.com/health/2020/01/14/how-to-tackle-food-addiction/" target="_blank"><strong>How to tackle food addiction - News 4 Jax</strong></a></p><p></p><p><strong>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.</strong></p><p></p><p>Don Prince said that for years he has struggled with an unhealthy relationship with food. Addiction is a progressive condition when untreated.</p><p></p><p>“I just took for granted the health portion of my life," <a href="https://www.local10.com/health/2020/01/09/to-save-one-life-how-to-tackle-food-addiction/" target="_blank">Prince told WPLG-TV Local 10 News</a>. “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."</p><p></p><p><a href="https://caliestes.com/" target="_blank">Dr. Cali Estes</a>, 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.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 1835, member: 1"] [URL='https://www.news4jax.com/health/2020/01/14/how-to-tackle-food-addiction/'][B]How to tackle food addiction - News 4 Jax[/B][/URL] [B]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.[/B] 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," [URL='https://www.local10.com/health/2020/01/09/to-save-one-life-how-to-tackle-food-addiction/']Prince told WPLG-TV Local 10 News[/URL]. “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." [URL='https://caliestes.com/']Dr. Cali Estes[/URL], 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. [/QUOTE]
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