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Dirk Hanson

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Showing posts with label sugar addiction. Show all posts

Showing posts with label sugar addiction. Show all posts

Friday, April 24, 2009

How Junk Food Works

Ex-FDA chief offers clues to food addiction. It is a perplexingly common experience: You open a bag of cookies, intending to have one or two...

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

"Mood Foods"

Why addicts crave sugar and starch. James Langton of Clearhead.org.uk recently sent me a fascinating article about food and addiction. The ...

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Food Addiction and Dopamine

Why your brain likes sweets. The brain's ability to sniff out calories in the form of sugar depends upon sugar's drug-like effect on...

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