Beware of Food Addiction
By Anna
@LadyDuck (471253)
Switzerland
December 13, 2015 8:42am CST
Here we are, this is the time of the year when we indulge in food and sweets.
Before consuming sugar, you should know that, according to US researchers, the sugar is eight time more addictive than cocaine.
Just like the drug, if we consume too much sugar, we will be unable to get rid of this habit.
According to the same researchers, there are other foods that are addictive, among them, the ones considered "most dangerous" are:
Sweet Fatty Foods (like Cheesecake, cookies and so on)
Sweet sodas
Refined sugar
Humans had always consumed fats and sugar, it's is how food is processed in our days that make them dangerous.
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@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
13 Dec 15
A timely reminder.... how easy it is to over indulge... and then how difficult it is to put a stop to it after the season... and get back on track to healthy eating .. there is a saying... A moment on the lips ... a lot longer on the hips.... not that i want to be hum-buggy about it, because I shall definitely be indulging... and the consequences.... 
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@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
13 Dec 15
@LadyDuck that's good to know... but unfortunately ... I don't like the dark chocolate... typical isn't it 
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@Blondie2222 (28611)
• United States
13 Dec 15
I know someone that drinks soda all day long like mt dew and pepsi and nothing else. They are skinny but i'm sure it's probably going to cause them problems later in life. I drink 1 soda a day and have cut down on my sweets. I used to eat alot of chocolate in a day but now i hardly have any. If I do though it's dark chocolate as i hear that's better for you.
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@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
14 Dec 15
that happened to a friend of mine and her sibling. when they moved to the us and their parents visited them, they were surprised at the boxes of softdrink in the house.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
19 Dec 15
I have the problem all the time, for once one holiday or even is over with, the candy comes out onto the shelves for the next one. I can skip the chocolate, but I do like candy. I can go for a few months without any and then have a bag of something and want more until I make myself quit again.
If I eat too much there's a possibility I'll get a migraine, so that helps me refrain a bit longer than I would otherwise, that and not wanting to gain back the weight I lost last year.
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@moffittjc (121540)
• Gainesville, Florida
14 Dec 15
I didn't seem to have much trouble giving up my sugar addiction a few years ago when I switched to a diet that consisted of healthy foods, such as nuts, fruits and vegetables. However, when I tried to give up caffeine, I got tremendous headaches from the withdrawal.
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@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
14 Dec 15
caffeine from coffee? how many cups do you drink everyday?
@moffittjc (121540)
• Gainesville, Florida
14 Dec 15
@hereandthere These days, I limit myself to no more than two cups of coffee per day. But it wasn't the coffee that was so bad, it was all the soda I was drinking throughout the day. I tried to quit drinking soda altogether, and that's when I got the headaches. Plus, since I was drinking so much soda, I wasn't drinking enough water and so I was dehydrated on top of that. Nowadays, I don't drink that much soda at all. Other than my two cups of coffee, I mostly drink water all day long.
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
14 Dec 15
and believe itor not a lot more people become diabetic beca use too many carbs too m uch fat around the middle. Im a volu nteer diabetes advocate who tries to do a bit of telling about diabetes as I have had type two for years. too man y fat cells in yo ur waist get in t he wa y of insuling pushing the sugar i nto our muscle cells where it is needed anmd causing the sugar to be dumped into our blood where it is not needed and is dangerous to our organs a little weigjt loss will stop one onset of man y pre diabetics.
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@allen0187 (58582)
• Philippines
14 Feb 17
I'm guilty of this. I can't seem to stop my addiction to sweets like chocolates, sodas, and cakes!
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@allen0187 (58582)
• Philippines
16 Feb 17
@LadyDuck I should really switch to dark chocolate.
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@LadyDuck (471253)
• Switzerland
16 Feb 17
@allen0187 I cannot resist dark chocolate, I do not care about all the others, but I love dark chocolate.
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@much2say (55514)
• Los Angeles, California
13 Dec 15
I hate that nearly everything we eat that's on the shelves has some sort of sugar in it - it's like we can't get away from it. I love my share of sweets too, but have been trying not to shovel it in. It's difficult - but yes, we need to be seriously aware of all the sugar!!
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@much2say (55514)
• Los Angeles, California
13 Dec 15
@LadyDuck It is in everything - I suppose it ensures that the public will love the taste of the product and buy more. But it's all so bad for our health though - and they don't seem to care. Yes, I think there should be stricter laws about sugar!
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
13 Dec 15
I never drink any kind of soda, I drink carbonated water. I do like a cookie once in a while but I am more addicted to salt than sugar, I prefer pretzels and popcorn to most sweets.
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
13 Dec 15
@LadyDuck I like homemade too which is why I don't eat that much sweets, I am fussy, I want it to be as good as my mother made. lol
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@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
14 Dec 15
i like salty and sweet food, but i was surprised at how salty pretzels were and how sweet reese peanut butter cups were.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
13 Dec 15
I prefer home baked treats and do my best cut down sugar, I use a lot of stevia and coconut flour and stuff
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@LadyDuck (471253)
• Switzerland
13 Dec 15
@Jessicalynnt I often use almond floor, it adds a nice taste to the pastries.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
13 Dec 15
@LadyDuck I have found that often you can cut down quantity, and its not just that, flour can be mixed with coconut flour or almond!
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@garymarsh6 (23404)
• United Kingdom
13 Dec 15
I am not that keen on Cheesecake as I find it too cloying. American cookies are far to sweet for me but I do like chocolate.
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@LadyDuck (471253)
• Switzerland
14 Dec 15
@garymarsh6 There is one thing that I cannot understand, why people love Nut... (the chocolate spread). It's too sweet, gummy, with a powdery taste. It would be ten time healthier to melt a bar of dark chocolate and use it as a spread.
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@garymarsh6 (23404)
• United Kingdom
13 Dec 15
@LadyDuck I cannot see the fascination for them Anna but it seems nearly every supermarket sells them.
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@HazySue (39268)
• Gouverneur, New York
13 Dec 15
@LadyDuck I am not at all surprised to hear that sugar is addictive. It seems the more sugar you do ingest the more you want. I have found since I have cut down my consumption of cake, ice cream, ect. that fruits are tasting sweeter to me.
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@Sheilamarie78 (2586)
• Canada
14 Dec 15
I have found the same thing. Fruits are so delicious and it's a shame to ruin their flavour by eating too many sugary foods.
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@Fishmomma (11377)
• United States
15 Feb 17
I have a sweet tooth, as everyone on the board can see from my new photograph. Cookies are made for special occasions, as I avoid store bought cookies. This way I know exactly how much sugar was eaten and it means I'm going to exercise more that week.
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@Fishmomma (11377)
• United States
15 Feb 17
@LadyDuck I agree really unhealthy. Its a shame to see so many products on the shelves that people regularly eat have an ingredient list that is huge. Some companies are slowly making changes; however, the cereal companies haven't gone far enough yet.
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@LadyDuck (471253)
• Switzerland
15 Feb 17
@Fishmomma I think that the laws and regulations should be more strict on food.
@rocky1980 (530)
• Chandigarh, India
13 Dec 15
I am addicted to cookies. I can't live without them. Now I am cursing myself why I read this post.
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@rocky1980 (530)
• Chandigarh, India
13 Dec 15
@LadyDuck Actually I haven't given you the list. you just named muffins. Whatever is sweet I like it doesn't matter what it is, sweets, cakes, doughnuts, we indians have other sweet dishes which you might have not even heard.
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@LadyDuck (471253)
• Switzerland
13 Dec 15
@rocky1980 I love Indian cuisine, I know about your sweet dishes. I confess that I also like sweets, but I try not to eat too much.
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32691)
• Calgary, Alberta
22 Dec 15
Thank goodness that Stevia exists, I can have something sweet without fearing I will end up having diabetes. I bake my own cakes and cookies but they were all guilt free.
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32691)
• Calgary, Alberta
22 Dec 15
@LadyDuck I dont like chemicals with names I cant pronounce on my food too.
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
13 Dec 15
And you can bet @LadyDuck that besides all the chemicals and everything else they put in foods today that they probably have something they've added to "make" people "want" to eat their product. At one time television commercials had subliminal messages flash across the screen that only your subconscious would pick up on. You may not have wanted to eat a hamburger but after seeing a commercial for one, you'd be heading out the door to the closest burger joint.
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
13 Dec 15
@LadyDuck Talk about encouraging addiction, that trumps them all.
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@LadyDuck (471253)
• Switzerland
14 Dec 15
@JudyEv In my opinion sodas are the most dangerous. When you think that a can of soda contains the equivalent of 8 teaspoon of sugar and you see how many sodas people drink during the day, you can easily understand why the diabetes is increasing all over the world.
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