Good, Tasty food may be Addictive

There may be a case that in “first world” countries that more and more food is being eaten more for the pleasure and less for the nutrition.

Abundant Delicious Food Could Result In ‘Food Addiction’, Analysis Suggests

This could be a very important factor in the reason why people are getting so much bigger.  They simply can’t stop eating.  They are getting addicted to the feeling of and pleasure of eating.  You have seen people eating a piece of chocolate and seem to love it. 

“The combination of an environment filled with highly palatable foods, and cultural norms that make these foods ‘psychologically available’ around the clock may paradoxically be a perfect recipe for the generation of both epidemic obesity and widespread hedonic hunger,” said Lowe.

I am pretty sure that everyone has felt this before. The smell of freshly baked cookies, or having to work late and you are stressed so you pick up some chips on the way home. Nothing special you tell yourself, you simply want to have something to eat and “calm” you down, not because you are hungry or didn’t eat enough during the day.

So what is your addictive food? And how to stay away from it so that it doesn’t start to hurt your waistline.