| Most of us love to eat. Let's face it, some | | | | groups, one group eating natural and healthy |
| foods taste really good and we all have our | | | | foods and the other group eating processed |
| favorites. But most of us know when to stop, | | | | foods, the processed foods group showed more |
| especially when we feel a little full. | | | | compulsive eating behavior than the natural |
| Certainly those of us who want to fit into | | | | foods group by a wide margin. Food |
| that skimpy bikini come summer don't want to | | | | manufacturers claim these studies prove |
| put on too many pounds. Unfortunately, there | | | | nothing.In the meantime, compulsive eaters |
| are those of us who don't have that kind of | | | | are eating more and more, getting heavier and |
| control. Yes, food can be addictive and for | | | | heavier and sicker and sicker.But what |
| reasons that you never imagined.Compulsive | | | | exactly happens with a compulsive eater?Every |
| eating has been a problem since the beginning | | | | compulsive eater is slightly different, but |
| of time. But the real problems didn't begin | | | | in general they simply can't stop eating no |
| until the processed food era, though at the | | | | matter how full they get. Many will have |
| time nobody really understood what was | | | | sweets and snacks all over the house. When |
| happening to us.Food manufacturers are not | | | | sitting watching TV they'll snack on chips. |
| stupid. They are in the business of making | | | | While talking on the phone they could go |
| money. The only way to do that is to make | | | | through a whole bag of Oreo cookies. Even |
| foods that taste good. But having a good | | | | driving in the car they have to bring |
| tasting food is not enough if you want sales | | | | something with them to chew on. When going |
| to go through the roof. It has been proven | | | | to a movie, they have to make sure they buy |
| in studies that the additives in many foods | | | | enough snacks at the concession stand to last |
| are indeed addictive. Caffeine in coffee and | | | | throughout the whole movie. More or less, |
| tea is a prime example of this. But coffee | | | | these people eat constantly and can't stop |
| and tea are common and well known foods for | | | | themselves.Fortunately, food addiction is |
| their addictive properties. What most people | | | | recognized and there are support groups. |
| don't know is that many processed foods like | | | | Also, medical science has developed hunger |
| TV dinners, cakes, cookies, pies and a host | | | | suppressant drugs that do help, though the |
| of other items are made with certain chemical | | | | underlying problem is not hunger but |
| additives that have been proven to be | | | | psychological.Food addiction is serious and |
| addictive. That malomar fix that you have to | | | | potentially life threatening, but there is |
| have is not because of some marijuana induced | | | | hope for sufferers. Many simply need |
| high. It is because of the ingredients in | | | | encouragement, support and to find another |
| the malomar itself.Of course food | | | | purpose in their lives other than to simply |
| manufacturers will deny this, but studies | | | | stuff themselves. |
| don't lie. In controlled tests of two | | | | |