weight and addiction

Thanks to Ellen for providing the topic of this blog....

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36081881/ns/health-diet_and_nutrition/from/ET

The above link discusses a study in animals demonstrating that binging on high-caloric foods develops into a brain addiction pattern similar to cocaine and other abused drugs.

There are chemical mediators of the addictive process and the above study shows the nature of high-caloric binging and how this becomes a chemically driven addictive behavior.

Keeping those food sources out of the house that would be enabling the binging behavior goes a long way in preventing this self-destructive behavior.