![Food Addiction](https://dradinamcgarr.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/b1.png)
![Food Addiction](https://dradinamcgarr.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/b1.png)
Research suggests that an alternating pattern of food restriction and bingeing contributes to reward dysfunction (changes in neural circuitry) and an addictive pattern of eating.
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Cravings
Research suggests that there may be a gene that makes certain individuals more sensitive to sugar and alcohol cravings.
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Is addiction a disease or a choice?
Is addiction a disease or a choice? While one may not be responsible for getting the illness, it doesn’t abdicate one’s responsibility for making different choices to manage or eradicate it.
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Resentment
“Resentment is like taking poison and hoping the other person dies” (Author unknown)
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Social Interactions
Like hunger or thirst, our need for acceptance is rooted in our mechanism for survival. Positive social interactions release opioids for a natural mood boost (APA Monitor, April 2012).
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Depression
Research suggests that people who work too much (11 hours or more during the day) are twice as likely to become depressed.