Comments on: Is Sugar Addictive? http://www.healthhabits.ca/2008/12/15/is-sugar-addictive/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed improve your health, habit by habit Sat, 20 Mar 2010 19:18:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: DR http://www.healthhabits.ca/2008/12/15/is-sugar-addictive/comment-page-1/#comment-1056 DR Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:01:46 +0000 http://healthhabits.wordpress.com/?p=1886#comment-1056 Looking forward to reading the series - thanks for dropping by Looking forward to reading the series – thanks for dropping by

]]> By: Genevieve http://www.healthhabits.ca/2008/12/15/is-sugar-addictive/comment-page-1/#comment-1057 Genevieve Sun, 15 Feb 2009 15:36:58 +0000 http://healthhabits.wordpress.com/?p=1886#comment-1057 Great to see some empirical evidence of something I feel like I've known - even experienced - all along. Luckily, we're not rats. Although sugar addiction is real, we can kick the sugar habit. I'm writing a series on my blog that shows you how: http://finallyhealing.com/breaking-the-sugar-addiction/ Great to see some empirical evidence of something I feel like I’ve known – even experienced – all along.

Luckily, we’re not rats. Although sugar addiction is real, we can kick the sugar habit. I’m writing a series on my blog that shows you how:
http://finallyhealing.com/breaking-the-sugar-addiction/

]]> By: Donald W. Bales http://www.healthhabits.ca/2008/12/15/is-sugar-addictive/comment-page-1/#comment-1055 Donald W. Bales Wed, 31 Dec 2008 02:49:02 +0000 http://healthhabits.wordpress.com/?p=1886#comment-1055 Withdrawal symptoms and tolerance do not prove addiction. Everyone who takes increasing doses of a narcotic will develop both of those, but only some people will continue to seek drugs after the reason for the narcotic (absence of pain) is gone. One theory about this is that the brains of addict-prone people produce lesser amounts of neurotransmitters, such a dopamine. Some think that this problem can be inherited and it is true that children on alcoholics are more likely to become alcoholic even if raised away from the biological parent. I believe that there also twin studies that suggest this. Withdrawal symptoms and tolerance do not prove addiction. Everyone who takes increasing doses of a narcotic will develop both of those, but only some people will continue to seek drugs after the reason for the narcotic (absence of pain) is gone. One theory about this is that the brains of addict-prone people produce lesser amounts of neurotransmitters, such a dopamine. Some think that this problem can be inherited and it is true that children on alcoholics are more likely to become alcoholic even if raised away from the biological parent. I believe that there also twin studies that suggest this.

]]> By: thehealthyirishman http://www.healthhabits.ca/2008/12/15/is-sugar-addictive/comment-page-1/#comment-1054 thehealthyirishman Wed, 17 Dec 2008 04:00:37 +0000 http://healthhabits.wordpress.com/?p=1886#comment-1054 Doug, the link is below http://www.naturalhealthmag.com/healthy_eating/88 Doug, the link is below
http://www.naturalhealthmag.com/healthy_eating/88

]]> By: Shannon http://www.healthhabits.ca/2008/12/15/is-sugar-addictive/comment-page-1/#comment-1053 Shannon Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:34:47 +0000 http://healthhabits.wordpress.com/?p=1886#comment-1053 Excellent article. I think I've also read somewhere that it is possible for a person to die from ingesting too much sugar. As for Amy Whinehouse, I think she may be addicted to another kind of white powdery stuff... Excellent article. I think I’ve also read somewhere that it is possible for a person to die from ingesting too much sugar. As for Amy Whinehouse, I think she may be addicted to another kind of white powdery stuff…

]]> By: Mark Salinas http://www.healthhabits.ca/2008/12/15/is-sugar-addictive/comment-page-1/#comment-1052 Mark Salinas Tue, 16 Dec 2008 20:25:34 +0000 http://healthhabits.wordpress.com/?p=1886#comment-1052 I think anything that one gets used to might become and addiction? Great comments as well! I think anything that one gets used to might become and addiction? Great comments as well!

]]> By: James Hubbard, M.D., M.P.H. http://www.healthhabits.ca/2008/12/15/is-sugar-addictive/comment-page-1/#comment-1051 James Hubbard, M.D., M.P.H. Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:12:34 +0000 http://healthhabits.wordpress.com/?p=1886#comment-1051 If sugar is addictive, then the addicted people need to stay away from it completely. I wonder is it like alcoholics that should never take even one drink? If sugar is addictive, then the addicted people need to stay away from it completely. I wonder is it like alcoholics that should never take even one drink?

]]> By: DR http://www.healthhabits.ca/2008/12/15/is-sugar-addictive/comment-page-1/#comment-1050 DR Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:35:39 +0000 http://healthhabits.wordpress.com/?p=1886#comment-1050 I don't want to get my hopes up, but maybe, just maybe, the medical community may finally be coming around to the idea that a diet based on fast absorbing and calorie dense carbs/sugars is not the best diet for our health, or our waistlines. However, if the corn producers response to the recent backlash against HFCS is any indication, I don't think that the processed food manufacturers are going to stand back and watch their market share diminish. Prepare for a bunch of studies showing the amazing health benefits of sugar and wheat flour and corn and soy and... I don’t want to get my hopes up, but maybe, just maybe, the medical community may finally be coming around to the idea that a diet based on fast absorbing and calorie dense carbs/sugars is not the best diet for our health, or our waistlines.

However, if the corn producers response to the recent backlash against HFCS is any indication, I don’t think that the processed food manufacturers are going to stand back and watch their market share diminish. Prepare for a bunch of studies showing the amazing health benefits of sugar and wheat flour and corn and soy and…

]]> By: DR http://www.healthhabits.ca/2008/12/15/is-sugar-addictive/comment-page-1/#comment-1045 DR Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:14:37 +0000 http://healthhabits.wordpress.com/?p=1886#comment-1045 Sugar Binge - That's a very visual description of an all too common experience. Probably best to avoid letting the binge get started, because once those cravings get a head of steam, look out! On the upside, there has been some research lately about Cognitive behavior Therapy being very effective in combating eating disorders - anorexia, bulimia, binge eating. Sugar Binge – That’s a very visual description of an all too common experience.

Probably best to avoid letting the binge get started, because once those cravings get a head of steam, look out!

On the upside, there has been some research lately about Cognitive behavior Therapy being very effective in combating eating disorders – anorexia, bulimia, binge eating.

]]> By: DR http://www.healthhabits.ca/2008/12/15/is-sugar-addictive/comment-page-1/#comment-1044 DR Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:11:37 +0000 http://healthhabits.wordpress.com/?p=1886#comment-1044 Dr. Dan - send me the link to that post Dr. Dan – send me the link to that post

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