Is it possible to be addicted to junk food?

[Triple B!]

YES, there have been studies, though I can't quote any at the moment about how addicting bad foods are, and the effect they have on our bodies in making us wants more of them.

http://addiction-dirkh.blogspot.com/...ood-works.html

this one is a short read, but kinda starts to shed some light on it.

[harryredtrike]

just take an asprin a day,should equal out bacon

[LonesomeTriZ]

I cannot help but wonder with today's technology, what can they not make healthy food tast like junk food? I use to be very dtronf when it came to avoiding it, but now it is my greatess weakness. how do smokers and alcoholics get over thier addictions? Maybe I should take some lessons.

[Triple B!]

Yeah TriZ, you need meetings...... acceptance is the first step towards recovery
We can skip the intervention because you already know you have a problem....

Seriously though I think you should find something other than junk food that's just as satisfying, maybe another kind of food or simply something else all together to take it's place.

[LonesomeTriZ]

I have been trying. I have found that other healthier stuff also tastes good on a hamburger bun.

[factoryX]

you can eat it, as long as your able to burn the extra fat. Also, it is okay if you have it, but make sure you eat other items like salads or chicken sandwhiches, etc...

Fact: Mc. Donalds is the most healthy fast food establishment in the U.S.A. with almost everything on there menu have 400mg of fat or less (however
if you live in a major city(portland, LA, new york, etc., I would not touch it, 2 words: food poisoning).



Fact: Out Back Steak House is one of the most unhealthy places to eat with almost everything on the menu having 1000mg of salt and having nothing under 1400mg of fat.

[Triple B!]

I have been trying. I have found that other healthier stuff also tastes good on a hamburger bun.

That's definitely a start, but I mean something else altogether... I know I am trying to take off some weight but it's really hard especially in the winter. I feel like I just mindless find things to snack on. I.E. if you do the same and munch on junk food because you're bored, find something different you can be doing to take your mind off of it...

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like maybe another ATC project, perhaps...

[factoryX]

he is over seas...

[300rman]

i think my excessive snacking occurs when i am bored. whenever i have nothing to do, i find myself on a see-food diet.

i only think junk food is addictive when its around. if the bag of doritos is MIA, then you dont eat it. if its there, then you probably will eat half the bag.

now, if you sit around feigning for a dorito, then you may be addicted to junk food.

[factoryX]

now I want doritos...lame..

[outtaline]

can't tell me nothin I smoked my last smoke yesterday junkfood is the only safety net I have smoked for 15 years I swear I have spent $25 on junk food in the last 24hrs I'm tryin but my whole family smokes my wife quit a year ago and I'm pullin my hair out after 24hrs I don't see how people drop it over night

[300rman]

can't tell me nothin I smoked my last smoke yesterday junkfood is the only safety net I have smoked for 15 years I swear I have spent $25 on junk food in the last 24hrs I'm tryin but my whole family smokes my wife quit a year ago and I'm pullin my hair out after 24hrs I don't see how people drop it over night

my dad did it.....2 packs a day to nothing overnight.

he said the first week or so is the worst.

[Dirtcrasher]

Hmmm.......

I wake up wanting a bacon egg and cheese sandwhich.

Around noon I want a beer.

At about 8PM I'm STARVING and usually enjoy something with cheese and extra cheese and bacon

I love to wash it all down with little debbies, take 5 bars and or swiss cake rolls.

Then and only then have I had a craving filled day.

I think I'm pregnant......... Nah, I'm just a glutton and I should be 305 instead of 205

But yes, I think junk food is absolutely addictive and makes you feel great in lieu of whatever else it is that may be bugging you.

[piroguedog]

The simple sugars and carbohydrates cause your body to crave more due to the short lived "up" that it gives you followed by a "down". Kinda like crack! With all the "swine flu" scares, i was reading where Sugar also causes an immediate decrease in immunity to germs in general. Very addicting. Try to stop eating sugar and carbs all at once if you are acustomed to a steady diet of it.

[LonesomeTriZ]

WHen I am not working on a investigation or some other duty that requires m attention I am thinking about snacking. I open the fridge in m office repeatidly thinking some how something I want to eat poped up in the last five minutes. I told Melissa that becuase I cannot do anthing else I want to do I may as well eat what I want. I think I have taken ot too far now. I doubt I can pass the physical requirements most law enforcement agancies have back home.