Thursday, November 1, 2012
Food Addiction?
Today, I stayed home from work with a sick kiddo. He was napping, and all I wanted to do was eat (even though I had a million other things to do...clean, put away Halloween stuff, clean, scrapbook, clean, fold laundry, and clean). I needed to stay away from the pantry where the Halloween candy was (sidebar: I made it through Halloween completely candy free!), so I decided to relax and read my most recent issue of Newsweek. I came across this article and found it super interesting. What are your thoughts? Is food addiction a cause of obesity in some people? Is treating healthy eating like an addiction recovery program as opposed to a weight loss solution a logical option? Should some addictive foods be treated the same way we treat cigarettes and alcohol as far as marketing and warning labels? My answer is yes to all of those questions.
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I absolutely agree with you Julie! Food is the drug of choice for many people combating depression, anxiety or even a drug to help celebrate things! In addition, with the way our food is processed today, I have no doubts that we're being exposed to chemicals and toxins that are creating addictive behaviors. Maybe I'm a food conspiracy theorist, but I'd say the majority of what we eat today can't truly even be classified as "food" anymore- my definition being something that provides medicine or fuel to our bodies. Great post!
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