An analysis of 281 studies in 36 countries found that 14% of adults and 12% of children were addicted to ultra-processed foods like ice cream & chips.

[Your] favorite guilty pleasure snack may be just as addictive as cigarettes or heroin, a new study reveals.

An analysis of 281 studies in 36 countries, published in the British Medical Journal this month, found that your inability to put down the ice cream, chips and candy may have less to do with your self-control and more to do with the addictive quality of ultra-processed foods or UPFs.

“The combination of refined carbohydrates and fats often found in UPFs seems to have a supra-additive effect on brain reward systems, above either macronutrient alone, which may increase the addictive potential of these foods,” the study said.

  • Fallenwout@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    That’s some bs here. Been snacking for dinner all my life. Few months ago started a diet and dropped all those things. I never had shivers or flue like withdrawal symptoms like with meds.

    I miss the taste but I had no problems at all, just show character and stay on target. I lost 10kg on 3 months just by quitting snacks.

    I once was unvoluntary addicted to valium because I took it a long time for back muscles relax. If you want to wean of that, that’s addiction with daily vomiting for weeks. That is hell, it makes quitting sugar mean nothing.

    Edit: just to clarify where I came from. My breakfast before work was kinder bueno, franchipan cookies and redbull… every day