Food on the Brain
Daniel Fisher, 01/10/05
Are the high-fat, sugar-laden things we crave addictive? Here’s what the latest scientific research is telling us.
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Both an article and the abstract. This isn’t about addiction per se, but demonstrates the inherent appeal of sexy visuals to primates.
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Food Addiction: Could It Explain Why 70 Percent of Americans Are Fat?
Mark Hyman MD, October 16, 2010
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Recent research overwhelmingly support the existence of Internet addiction. The following Internet studies may include porn users, yet do not isolate pornography use. In the list below this section I’ve included studies on both Internet addiction and video game addiction. They are separated by this place holder: “INTERNET ADDICTION ABOVE; INTERNET GAMING BELOW.” List of […]
Why do we include gambling addiction studies (list below)? First of all, it was the first behavioral addiction included in the DSM as Pathological Gambling. If someone can become addicted to playing slots, they certainly can become addicted to streaming internet porn. This section may contain both lay articles for the general public, and research […]
Here are some excerpts from this article by Martin P. Kafka, MD:
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Comment: This study demonstrates that when an animal is given unlimited access, a strong natural reinforcer (very stimulating food) can cause a decline in D2 receptors. This decline was seen in nearly all rats, and occurred quite rapidly. When “highly palatable” food was removed, the rats refused to eat normal chow. The rats continued to […]
By Sarah Klein, Health.com
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This is the section most relevant to porn use in the upcoming Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (V) of the American Psychiatric Association. Other researchers already view hypersexual behavior as an “addiction” rather than a “disorder.”
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Men often have concerns about passing up orgasm while they reboot. They fear they will endanger their prostate health, discussed below. Or they’ve heard the “use it or lose it” advice, discussed here. Keep in mind that the reboot period is temporary. Abstinence is not the goal. These 3 articles and 1 video cover most […]
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