Weight Loss and the Science of Habit Formation
A look at the way habit formation influences weight loss, eating addiction and other compulsive behaviors.
Addictiveness, From Many Angles
People feel very strongly about the addictiveness (or not) of sugar. What makes them so sure? Personal experience, for one thing.
Food Addiction vs. Eating Addiction
Does it make a difference whether obesity is the result of food addiction or eating addiction?
Sugar, Addictiveness, and Dopamine
For people of all ages, ingesting sugar causes the brain to make dopamine and deliver it to other parts of the brain — which is exactly what illicit substances do.
The Suspect Fits the Description
Is sugar addictive? Is sugar a drug? If it is either or both, shouldn’t it be criminalized? So many questions. So many answers.
Is It or Isn’t It?
In the world of blameworthy substances, sugar is both the 800-pound gorilla and the elephant in the room. Research shows alarming results.