As the battle of the bulge continues, a new piece of research from The Scripps Research Institute sheds new light on the causes of obesity. According to the study, compulsive eating may be caused and encouraged by the same molecular mechanisms that drive people into drug addiction. Then, in turn, the compulsive eating leads to obesity over time as it takes more and more higher-calorie, fat-laden foods to satiate the pleasure centers of the brain.Note that this study was done in rats and not people, but it is food for thought! Read more about the compulsive eating study here.
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2 comments:
Interesting thought - I still think the primary factor for addiction has to do with internal issues, trauma and such that haven't been dealt with. As they often say in AA meetings is that drinking is only the symptom, and I think that holds true with eating as well. You even see that covered on the Biggest Loser :).
I totally agreee with Dave, they must first seek help in finding out what makes them addicted to these things. A Eating disorder is a horrible addiction but there are several things you can use to help fight this disease. One thing is simple water, research has shown that if a person has 2, 8 ounce clases of water before eating, they can lose 15 pounds in 2 months. By taking water before there meals there tummy doesn't have as much space for food. I think this Study was done by the University of Virginia Commonwealth.
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