Some people believe that foods rich in fat or sugar can be addictive, what that people consumes them in excess, thus enhancing obesity. Should be given to this food the same treatment as to alcohol or tobacco? Or we're confusing the terms "addiction", "longing for food" and "food-related disorders"?
In spite of the similarities found between the action of eating and drug use, most cases classified as "food addiction" should not be considered as an addictive behavior. Eating is a complex behavior involving many hormones and different body systems; it is simply a pleasure/reward system. As several studies have found some differences in changes that occur in several neurotransmitters in relation to drug consumption and the compulsion to intense food.
Virtually all the pleasures (beauty, music, sex, or even exercise) are associated with increases in dopamine similar to caused by a fat-rich food, but call them delights, not addiction, and academics have proposed other alternative explanations. The intense desire to consume food pleasant to the palate it conflicts with the need for culturally imposed limit its consumption, which makes the desire for this food more, pronounced and could be interpreted as an addiction. Also could be that some people brain processed differently stimuli related to food, similar to addictive stimuli, causing a more intense consuming quantities or different types of food drive. Although the word "addiction" is inappropriate, approaching an important aspect of healthy food behavior: the ability to maintain control of its own power.
Although exercise and healthy eating habits are two of the most important for good health aspects, it is possible to help health professionals treating people whose eating habits do not match their intentions.
In spite of the similarities found between the action of eating and drug use, most cases classified as "food addiction" should not be considered as an addictive behavior. Eating is a complex behavior involving many hormones and different body systems; it is simply a pleasure/reward system. As several studies have found some differences in changes that occur in several neurotransmitters in relation to drug consumption and the compulsion to intense food.
Virtually all the pleasures (beauty, music, sex, or even exercise) are associated with increases in dopamine similar to caused by a fat-rich food, but call them delights, not addiction, and academics have proposed other alternative explanations. The intense desire to consume food pleasant to the palate it conflicts with the need for culturally imposed limit its consumption, which makes the desire for this food more, pronounced and could be interpreted as an addiction. Also could be that some people brain processed differently stimuli related to food, similar to addictive stimuli, causing a more intense consuming quantities or different types of food drive. Although the word "addiction" is inappropriate, approaching an important aspect of healthy food behavior: the ability to maintain control of its own power.
Although exercise and healthy eating habits are two of the most important for good health aspects, it is possible to help health professionals treating people whose eating habits do not match their intentions.
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