Posts tagged: Food Addictions

More Foods That Heal

You may be familiar with the healing properties of some foods, but unaware that they can be helpful in more than one area of your health. For instance, you may have heard that flax aids digestion, but did you know it also improves mental health? Onions reduce the risk of heart attack but they also [...]

Gimme Some Real Food!

Where does your food come from? Do you know? Throughout most of my life, I have eaten foods whose origin was easily determined. We had gardens and raised chickens, and bought milk from farmers in the area. We had apricot and peach trees. We raised strawberries and got apples from neighbors who bartered with us. [...]

Back on Track

Sometimes life just throws you a curve and you don’t get out of the way in time. It’s tough standing in the middle of a field not going left or right. Sometimes you just need to stand there until you figure it out. It’s true that when you are still and in the moment, the [...]

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Scripps Research Study Says Junk Food as Addictive as Cocaine and Heroin

According to a report published the end of March by The  Scripps Research Institute in Florida,  junk food contains the same molecular mechanisms that cause drug addiction. The three-year study confirmed for the first time that junk food contains addictive properties, something that food addicts and compulsive overeaters have been saying for decades. And now [...]