By BENEDICT CAREY and ROBERT GEBELOFF APRIL 7, 2018 Victoria Toline would hunch over the kitchen table, steady her hands and draw a bead of liquid from a vial with a small dropper. It was a delicate operation that had become a daily routine — extracting ever tinier doses of the antidepressant she had taken […]
By GARY TAUBES JULY 19, 2017 I’ve been eating a high-fat, carb-restricted diet for almost 20 years, since I started as an experiment when investigating nutrition research for the journal Science. I find it’s easy for me to maintain a healthy weight when I eat this way. But even after two decades, the sensation of being on […]
by Nicola Harley 13 APRIL 2016 • 10:20AM Sugar addiction should be treated like drug abuse, new research has revealed. Scientists have discovered drugs used to treat nicotine addiction could be used to treat sugar addiction. In the study carried out by Australia’s Queensland University (QUT), it compared the effects of sugar to those of cocaine and likened […]
Opioid Addiction Opioids are a class of drugs that include the illicit drug heroin as well as the licit prescription pain relievers oxycodone, hydrocodone, codeine, morphine, fentanyl and others.1 Opioids are chemically related and interact with opioid receptors on nerve cells in the brain and nervous system to produce pleasurable effects and relieve pain.1 Addiction is a […]
Stopping over time is less effective, British researchers say TUESDAY, March 15, 2016 (HealthDay News) — Quitting cigarettes “cold turkey” beats a more gradual approach, according to research published online March 15 in the Annals of Internal Medicine. The latest research included 697 adult smokers from England. The study participants smoked an average of 20 […]
Published Online: March 03, 2016 Acupuncture for substance use disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis Sean Grant Highlights •Available evidence did not yield consistent effects for substance use outcomes. •Effects for withdrawal and anxiety symptoms were limited by low quality evidence. •Effects did not differ systematically by adjunctive status or type of comparator. Abstract Background This […]
by Mark Hyman, MD The science of food addiction is clearer now than ever before. A powerful study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition proves that higher-sugar, higher-glycemic foods are addictive in the same way as cocaine and heroin. In this groundbreaking study, Dr. David Ludwig and his colleagues at Harvard proved that […]
By Mark Hyman, M.D. November 21, 2014 Most of us have felt the urge, the unstoppable craving driving us to seek out something sweet and devour it in a flash. That uncontrollable yen for cookies, cake or ice cream or that whole basket of bread calling to us to finish it off. Why do you […]
Deborah Brauser March 05, 2014 Underlying psychiatric distress, including anxiety disorders and substance abuse, may explain why some individuals continue to tan even after experiencing serious negative consequences, such as skin cancer, new research suggests. A study of more than 500 college students who tan showed that 31% met the criteria for tanning dependence and […]
CNS Drugs February 2014, Volume 28, Issue 2, pp 95-106 First online: 18 January 2014 Erin A. McClure Abstract There is a clear and pressing need to expand pharmacotherapy options for substance use disorders (SUDs) in order to improve sustained abstinence outcomes. Preclinical literature has demonstrated the role of glutamate in addiction, suggesting that new […]
Shelly Reese January 29, 2014 Tomorrow — Tomorrow, I Will Stop That’s what Marc Myer, a family practice physician in Minnesota, told himself each day as he stole prescription opiates from his patients to feed his addiction. A Long History of “Self-Medicating”But for Dr. Myer and many physicians like him, “tomorrow” was a long time […]
Food & Addiction Recent evidence has been building that suggests a link between excess food consumption and addictive behaviors. Behavioral markers of addiction, such as continued use despite negative consequences and unsuccessful attempts to cut down, are evident in problematic eating patterns. Additionally, neurobiological research has identified similarities in the way the brain responds to […]
Dr. Peeke discusses food addictions. Here’s a link to the Yale Food Addiction Scale. Here’s a link to Why Stress Causes People To Overeat Part 1 The Science Part 2 The Solutions Part 3 Q & A Published on Nov 19, 2013 For more information on the Transcendental Meditation® technique, please visit: www.TM.org or call […]
When you eat something loaded with sugar, your taste buds, your gut and your brain all take notice. This activation of your reward system is not unlike how bodies process addictive substances such as alcohol or nicotine — an overload of sugar spikes dopamine levels and leaves you craving more. Nicole Avena explains why sweets […]
Published: Nov 14, 2013 | Updated: Nov 15, 2013 By Kristina Fiore, Staff Writer, MedPage Today Full Story: http://www.medpagetoday.com/MeetingCoverage/ObesityWeek/42913 Action Points Note that this study was published as an abstract and presented at a conference. These data and conclusions should be considered to be preliminary until published in a peer-reviewed journal. Food addiction, as defined […]
Bret S. Stetka, MD, Nora D. Volkow, MD July 16, 2013 Editor’s Note: In June 2013, the American Medical Association (AMA) declared obesity a disease, a move championed by many clinicians and derided by others. Debate aside, the announcement reinforced that the understanding and appreciation of obesity is evolving, and that in this era of […]
Kathleen Louden July 02, 2013 Consumption of a meal that has a high glycemic index (GI) appears to stimulate key brain regions related to craving and reward, a finding that supports the controversial hypothesis of food addiction, new research suggests. Investigators from Boston Children’s Hospital in Massachusetts found that compared with consumption of a low-GI meal, a […]
5/1/13 By KAREN KAPLAN Sugar. Honey. Maple syrup. Molasses. High fructose corn syrup. All of these are “added sugars,” and you are probably eating — and drinking – too much of them. So says the latest report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Researchers at the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics […]