Fast food is engineered to trigger cravings and overeating. Martinan/iStock/Thinkstock The science of food addiction is still in its early stages, but it probably won't come as a surprise to hear that food can indeed be addictive. Although the American Psychological Association hasn't yet...
The Food and Drink Federation (FDF), a trade association that advocates for British food and drink manufacturers, disagrees, pointing to a Government Office for Science expert roundtable in 2023 that concluded there was "little evidence of foods themselves being addictive". "The i...
Why is that hydrogen ion special? Without it, nicotine vaporizes more easily into a gas, putting it on the express train to your lungs and from there, a quick ride to the brain. Any drug delivered to the brain more quickly is more addictive. Free-base nicotine basically does for smokers...
What Grove hadn't yet grasped, though he soon would, was how much of that money had already moved past sites like CSGO Lounge, where gamblers were betting skins on the outcome of Counter-Strike matches and tournaments, to websites that offered far more addictive games. In the prior ye...
We're learning more about the craving that fuels self-defeating habits—and how new discoveries can help us kick the habit.
Highly processed foods are designed to be addictive. Reducing your intake of chips, sweets, and fast food can help you break the reward loop and reset your cravings. Plan Meals and Snacks Structure helps prevent impulse eating. Plan your meals and snacks ahead of time, and keep healthy option...
+The US Chips Act is another probable casualty.(Bloomberg$) 5 US lawmakers want to regulate AI companions A proposed bill would allow users to sue if they suffer harm from their interactions with a companion bot. (WP$) +We need to prepare for ‘addictive intelligence.’(...
And if you’re finding Dry January hard, it has nothing to do with your character – Britain’s heaviest drinkers are the over-35s with high IQs, degrees, and earning pounds 40,000-plus a year – and everything to do with the fact that alcohol is highly addictive. Art...
Finally, having fewer dopamine receptors is associated with an increase in impulsivity, which may lead an addict to engage in increasingly reckless behavior in pursuit of a high [source: Butler Center]. Not All Pleasure is Addictive In a 2017 New York Times essay, two psychology professors noted...
What if you knew these foods are designed to be addictive and play with our dopamine levels? This is what happens inultra-processed foods. But what do we mean when we say ultra-processed food? How do they impact our health and how we experience eating? In this two-part series, we spea...