Food addiction as a new piece of the obesity framework (2015)

Nutr J. 2015; 15: 5. Published online 2016 Jan 13. doi:  10.1186/s12937-016-0124-6 PMCID: PMC4711027 Jose Manuel Lerma-Cabrera, Francisca Carvajal, and Patricia Lopez-Legarrea Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ►   Go to: Introduction. Obesity today Obesity has become a major public health burden worldwide due to the huge social and economic […]

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Age 23 – A better social life, I am more talkative, Greater energy, Clearer vision about my destiny

I waited a bit to write this success report. I feel like something has really changed during past months, and needed time to process and put it into words. Here is my story. I accidentally discovered NoFap almost five months ago. I started a 90-days challenge and managed to endure until 120 days. During April […]

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Problematic Internet use, well-being, self-esteem and self-control: Data from a high-school survey in China (2016)

Addict Behav. 2016 May 12;61:74-79. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2016.05.009. Mei S1, Yau YH2, Chai J1, Guo J1, Potenza MN3. Abstract Given the prevalence of Internet use among youth, there is concern that a subset of Internet-using youth may exhibit problematic or addictive patterns of Internet use. The present study examines the association between problematic Internet use (PIU), […]

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Guys Who Gave Up Porn: On Sex and Romance (2012)

Is porn dialing down humanity’s pair-bonding program? Read the many self-reports from other forums below this post. For those who like science: Studies linking porn use or porn/sex addiction to sexual dysfunctions, lower arousal, and lower sexual & relationship satisfaction Introduction Today’s media equates “sex positive” with zeal for orgasm. According to this formula, the […]

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Decreased LPP for sexual images in problematic pornography users may be consistent with addiction models. Everything depends on the model (Commentary on Prause, Steele, Staley, Sabatinelli, & Hajcak, 2015)

Note – Numerous other peer-reviewed papers agree that Prause et al., 2015 supports the porn addiction model: Peer-reviewed critiques of Prause et al., 2015 DOWNLOAD PDF HERE Biol Psychol. 2016 May 24. pii: S0301-0511(16)30182-X. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2016.05.003. Gola Matuesz1. 1Swartz Center for Computational Neuroscience, Institute for Neural Computations, University of California San Diego, San Diego, USA; […]

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The conversation we’re not having about porn (Washington Post)

Alexander Rhodes is the founder of NoFap, a platform dedicated to providing tools and support for people who want to quit porn. Recently, a nonbinding resolution declaring pornography a “public health crisis” passed by unanimous vote through Utah’s state House and Senate, and was signed by Gov. Gary Herbert. In response, droves of Internet commenters […]

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A shocking new TV show aired last night and it sees young people encouraged to air their sexual problems and woes (2016). Dr. Vena Ramphal

Link to article Relevant Excerpt by Dr Vena Rampha: She also blames the internet for many of the issues that people have in the bedroom, in particular the male population. She explains: “While the internet has made information more accessible which is a good thing, it has also been detrimental. We are just starting to […]

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Cue-induced cocaine craving: neuroanatomical specificity for drug users and drug stimuli (2000). – Brain activation to cocaine cues similar to activation to porn

Am J Psychiatry. 2000 Nov;157(11):1789-98. Garavan H1, Pankiewicz J, Bloom A, Cho JK, Sperry L, Ross TJ, Salmeron BJ, Risinger R, Kelley D, Stein EA. Abstract OBJECTIVE: Cocaine-related cues have been hypothesized to perpetuate drug abuse by inducing a craving response that prompts drug-seeking behavior. However, the mechanisms, underlying neuroanatomy, and specificity of this neuroanatomy […]

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