From UCSF (home of Robert Lustig) comes this presentation by Kent Berridge (UMich) at the Sugar Highs and Lows COAST/UCOP Symposium this past March. His presentation looks at “how food pleasure is generated in the brain, the neural bases of wanting and liking, and how fear and stress relate to desire.” The content is pretty [...]
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Sugar on the Brain
Posted in Brain & appetite, Food addiction, Macronutrients on August 21, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Finding your inner bombshell
Posted in Food addiction, Psychology on June 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Sorry for the lack of posts. I’ve recently been thru a bit of upheaval re the day job, and have my mid-terms for my nutrition program in a little over a week. Yikes! A couple of quick nuggets. First, thanks to commenter mem over on Stephan’s site for the link to the Obesity and Food [...]
Triggers
Posted in Brain & appetite, Food addiction, Psychology on June 1, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Made me laugh! Hat tip: New Me.
About ‘emotional’ eating
Posted in Brain & appetite, Food addiction, Psychology on May 15, 2011 | 15 Comments »
Earlier this month, John Briffa wrote an interesting post on his blog: Is ‘emotional eating’ always due to emotions? In my experience, many individuals who believe they have an ‘emotional eating’ problem appear to have nothing of the sort. How do I know this? Because, I’ve seen time and again that when an ‘emotional’ eater [...]
Our Western diet: Prescription for disaster?
Posted in Brain & appetite, Food addiction on April 21, 2011 | 8 Comments »
I was watching the lectures on essential fatty acids for my nutrition class last week, and learned something that for me was a major, Oprah-league, a ha! High levels of insulin (which you might have if you eat a traditional Western diet and have insulin resistance) increases delta-5 desaturase. So what? Well, it turns out [...]
Study: Neural activity linked to food addiction
Posted in Brain & appetite, Food addiction, Research on April 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Another study that links food and addiction: To our knowledge, this is the first study to link indicators of addictive eating behavior with a specific pattern of neural activation. The current study also provides evidence that objectively measured biological differences are related to variations in YFAS scores, thus providing further support for the validity of [...]
Carbs not the problem, eh?
Posted in Brain & appetite, Food addiction, Weight loss on March 30, 2011 | 17 Comments »
Via a pointer from Michael Prager comes Marie Claire’s story of a woman dealing with compulsive overeating via Overeaters Anonymous. It’s not exactly a flattering review. Michael’s response came from his perspective of someone who has successfully used an addiction approach to resolve his food issues: he’s lost 160lbs and maintained it for 20 years. [...]
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