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How can I overcome all this sugar??? The dilemma of food addiction

Thursday, September 17th, 2009

I've been asked by several people about the impact of sugar addiction and the possible ways for overcoming it. The dilema of food addiction Food addiction is especially difficult to fight because unlike drug addiction, you can't simply stop eating, regardless of your willpower. This means that a person addicted to highly ...

Give me SUGAR!!!! And a little food addiction on the side…

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

So while we're sitting here talking about drug addiction, quite a bit of research in the last few years has looked into food, and specifically high-sugar-content foods, as a possibly addictive substance (food addiction). The focus started when the new head of NIDA (The National Institute on Drug Abuse), Dr. Nora ...

More CPDD Addiction research: Addiction, exercise, recovery!

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

Okay, this is probably the last addiction research update I will give focusing on the Reno conference. The rest of the stuff I learned will be incorporated into future posts. I've written before about the relationship between exercise and recovery (see here) and I will surely write more since for me, ...

Weekly links about addiction: Animal research, food addiction, policy, and cocaine addiction

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

Here are this weeks gems when it comes to learning about addiction. As usual, if you click this title's post, you'll get a list of our related post as a bonus! Adventures in Ethics and Science - A nice post about the current state of the animal-rights dialog Addiction Inbox - Mood ...

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