Food Addiction Is Real
How do you treat food addiction? The Hunger Fix is the first consumer book to provide readers with both the science and the solution for overeating and food addiction. There is a range of options–from 12-step to cognitive behavioral therapy–to tackle …
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Study links 'food addiction' to obesity
“While participants believed food addiction to be a cause of obesity, this did not change their attitudes towards obese people or the most effective way of treating obesity,” Mrs Lee said. “This finding alone has important implications for the …
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Is 'Food Addiction' Real?
"I think increased research into BED and food addiction is needed, and it will facilitate new diagnosis and therapeutic advances for obesity prevention and treatment," she concluded. "Stop Speculating and Overdiagnosing". "I think from the perspective …
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Food addiction: How processed food makes you eat more
More research is needed to examine the relevance of the idea of food addiction and the treatment of eating disorders and obesity. But the fact that a food property may affect addiction centres in the brain, independent of calories or pleasure, provides …
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New health law could overwhelm addiction services
CHICAGO (AP) — It has been six decades since doctors concluded that addiction was a disease that could be treated, but today the condition still dwells on the fringes of the medical community. Only 1 cent of every health care dollar in the United …
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Hospital-based Internet addiction center to open
"We are focused on a digital diet, similar to treating food addiction, where you can't give up food as the answer no more than you can entirely give up the Internet as the answer," she said. Young developed her own brand of therapy for treating …
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Food addiction: How processed food makes you eat more
More research is needed to examine the relevance of the idea of food addiction and the treatment of eating disorders and obesity. But the fact that a food property may affect addiction centres in the brain, independent of calories or pleasure, provides …
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New Type of Painkiller Proves Promising In Lessening Addiction Rates …
PHILADELPHIA, PA, July 08, 2013 /24-7PressRelease/ — Dean Ruble, who is a well-regarded medical professional who hopes to help treat those struggling with addiction, is lending his support to a new article that discusses an important discovery in the …
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Food addiction might be real, suggests a new brain imaging study
Prior studies of food addiction have compared patient reactions to drastically different types of foods, such as high-calorie cheesecake versus boiled vegetables. This study narrows the difference to one variable only — the glycemic load — and …
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Addiction Medicine Pioneer Dr . AR Mohammad Outraged by Deceptive …
One of the world's leading addiction experts and California rehab pioneers, Dr. Mohammad said, "It is critical for people to understand that e-cigarettes are not regulated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), so tobacco companies can market them …
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Eminem says addiction to painkillers and other prescription drugs nearly …
Drug approved for hot flashes: The first nonhormonal drug to treat hot flashes has won approval from the Food and Drug Administration, offering a new alternative to menopausal women. The treatment, which will be called Brisdelle, was developed by Noven …
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Heroin vs. Häagen-Dazs: What Food Addiction Looks Like in the Brain
These areas included the amygdala, anterior cingulate cortex and medial orbitofrontal cortex — the same regions that light up in drug addicts who are shown images of drug paraphernalia or drugs. Similar to people suffering from substance abuse, the …
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Eminem says addiction to painkillers and other prescription drugs nearly …
Eminem says addiction to painkillers and other prescription drugs nearly killed him. eminem.jpg. Eminem performs at … The drug abuse landed Eminem in the hospital, with a recovery that entailed relearning motor and speech skills, according to Rolling …
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GTA 5 Drug Abuse and Addiction
Unless Rockstar Games thinks they have to create artificial controversy in order to sell GTA 5, we think they will keep drugs low-key and not be an obvious part of the protagonist's or Michael's family's lifestyle or game element. Rockstar has subtly …
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