{"id":26128,"date":"2016-08-02T01:22:55","date_gmt":"2016-08-02T05:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/living-well\/2016\/08\/food-addiction-whats-the-science.html"},"modified":"2022-10-10T09:20:21","modified_gmt":"2022-10-10T13:20:21","slug":"food-addiction-whats-the-science-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/living-well\/2016\/08\/food-addiction-whats-the-science-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Food Addiction: What’s the Science?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Being a naturopathic doctor and functional medicine practitioner, I’ve worked with many people who have various food sensitivities and disordered eating patterns. A few weeks ago, I did a presentation on my book, BreakFree Medicine, <\/i>at Nature Tyme, a wonderful health food store located in Syracuse, NY. In my presentation, I took some time to discuss the topic of food addiction. (Click here to access<\/a> the presentation and read an overview. You will also find the top health news for July 2016 there.)<\/p>\n

Below are some articles I wrote throughout the years on this topic. In them, I discuss the emerging and current research on food addiction. I also discuss the importance of looking at the biochemistry when willpower is weak. Within the full links, you can access more studies at the end of each article… if you want to dive deeper into the propeller-hat-geeky science of the original sources.<\/p>\n

Why Humans Eat Junk Food and Find It Hard to Stop (Part 1 of 2):<\/b>
\nThis blog discusses how the food industry uses science to manipulate our taste buds in order to make us want to eat and buy more of their products: http:\/\/dr-lobisco.com\/why-humans-eat-junk-find-it-hard-to-stop\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Why Are We Addicted to Food? (Part 2 of 2):<\/b>
\nThis blog reviews the biochemistry of food addiction and the psychological connections. I discuss the dopamine and neurotransmitter connections and the development of the Yale Food Addiction Scale. If you want to get more resources and studies on food addiction, this blog and the one below are great places to start: http:\/\/dr-lobisco.com\/why-we-are-addicted-to-food-part-ii\/<\/a><\/p>\n

What’s Making Americans and Little Ones So “At Large?” The Obesity Epidemic, It’s Not Just a “Food and Exercise” Thing: <\/b><\/p>\n

In this blog I reveal 6 reasons, beyond the calorie myth of being overweight including<\/p>\n

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  1. Americans aren’t starving, but they are dieting. This means they are constantly hungry.<\/li>\n
  2. Nutritional deficiencies<\/li>\n
  3. Insufficient Fiber & the microbiome connection<\/li>\n
  4. Inactivity<\/li>\n
  5. Fast Food Restaurants and Junk Foods (With an honorable mention about artificial sweeteners: http:\/\/dr-lobisco.com\/why-you-should-be-fed-up-with-the-lies-on-dieting-what-you-need-to-know-about-weight-loss\/)<\/li>\n
  6. Isolation<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Read it here:http:\/\/dr-lobisco.com\/obesity-epidemic\/<\/a><\/p>\n

    The Next Nutrient War Era- Why We Are On the Losing Side of Weight Loss:
    \n<\/b>This blog goes into detail on the factors that affect weight, beyond nutrient composition and calories. I discussed them on “The Dirty ‘D’ Word” on Natural Path<\/i> (    https:\/\/naturalpath.net\/food\/diets\/the-dirty-d-word\/<\/a>):<\/p>\n