Food Can Be Literally Addictive, New Evidence Suggests
Highly processed foods resemble drugs of misuse in a number of disturbing ways
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I thought we had generally agreed that anything can be addictive?
And this link is broken for me. Anyone else?
Yes, but there are different types of addiction. I made this comment on another post, but Iāll put it here too:
Thereās a big difference between something being psychologically addictive, and something being chemically addictive.
Like, yea, you can technically get addicted to anything. But thereās a massive difference between getting addicted to, say, working out, and getting addicted to nicotine.
So food being chemically addictive is not something thatās been known for decades, in fact itās been a common topic of debate.
okay 'chemically' vs psychologically is the distinction I was looking for, thanks.
Although if we give science enough time maybe they will arrive at the conclusion that its the same mechanism, 'psychologically' addictive just means a dopamine addiction as far as I know. Its still a chemical.
Isn't type 2 diabetes functional evidence of a sugar addiction?
I see what you mean, but itās still functionally different. Being chemically addicted to nicotine or alcohol isnāt the same process as a diabetic needing sugar.
