Certain foods can act just like drugs on the brain, causing addiction, cravings and binge eating. Sweet and fatty foods are the most common food “addictions” and there is growing research that overeating these foods can actually cause changes in the parts of your brain that control eating behavior.
Luckily there is also evidence that if you can eliminate those addictive foods for 30 days, you can reset your brain, eliminating the cravings. After that period, some people say that they actually crave healthy foods. Achieving and maintaining a healthy weight would be so much easier for many of us if we could create healthy cravings. That 30 day period can be extremely difficult though. MindBodyGreen has come up with a 10 step guide that you can use to help you get through the reset period. Check it out here: Break your Emotional Ties with Sugar: A 10 Step Guide.
For a little more information on food addiction, check out this article: Overeating, Like Drug Use, Rewards and Alters Brain.
