Break Your Food Addictions Are you driven to eat certain foods? It could be an addiction. If the number on your bathroom scale seems to be rising faster than the national debt, and if you repeatedly find yourself piling food onto your oversized plate in an almost reckless manner at all-you-can-eat buffet lines, could you be captive of a food addiction? Most people know that the physically addictive properties of caffeine can make giving up your first (and second and third) cup of coffee in the morning a harrowing way to start the day. But some doctors believe that people are also driven to eat foods like beef and cheese with just as much compulsion, and the reason may be an unrecognized food addiction. Food manufacturers have done an exquisite job of recognizing and tapping into our cravings, using persuasive ads and alluring packaging to keep their products tumbling into our shopping carts. There are so many processed foods that are not only calorically dense, but they also stimulate dopamine production that makes us feel good, says Goldhamer. On the other hand, many nutritional experts believe that there are more important risks associated with processed foods that have nothing to do with addictions. The problem with processed food is that you digest it so quickly that its out of your stomach in no time and you still feel hungry, says Michael Roizen, MD, author of Cooking the Real Age Way. If you take the fiber out of food, you get a lot of empty calories. How to break your food addiction? You should not stop eating them immediately. Lessen your portion as you go and eventually the desire would lessen also. Read more icontrolcalorie/
Posted on: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 09:19:15 +0000