10 Commonly Addictive Foods

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More than just being an individual issue of having "no willpower" or "losing control" when it comes to eating certain foods, the ingredients in many of the common foods on the market actually can create an addiction in the brain. Studies have shown that our brains light up with eating sugar (and refined carbohydrates like pasta and bread) in the same way they light up with drugs like heroin, especially for people who have higher tendencies toward addiction. If you feel "weak" around certain foods, it may be due to more than willpower...it may actually be that you have created an addiction without realizing. By recognizing this, you can take steps to break the habit or addiction rather than beating yourself up the next time you "lose control" and wonder why you can't seem to stop eating. For a free binge eating breakthrough course and further support, visit http://www.bingeeatingbreakthrough.com

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10 Commonly Addictive Foods

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Which foods are the most addicting? We have listed the top

10 commonly addictive foods. Is your biggest weakness in the

countdown?

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Top 10: White Bread It's made with refined flour, which has been stripped

of the bran, the germ, and all of the nutrients normally present in bread.

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Top 9: DonutsScience has proven the crazy-addictive

potential of sugar. 

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Top 8: PastaWe eat way too much of this starchy childhood favorite—

and then we drench it in butter, salt, and cheese 

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Top 7: CakeThere's something irresistible about the spongy buoyancy of

a sugary cake—and don't even get us started on frosting.

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Top 6: ChipsChips are ridiculously high in fat and salt, but that doesn't stop with the notoriously greasy brands. 

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Top 5: CookiesAccording to a research review, merely seeing tempting food

releases dopamine. Indulge and your brain gets a boost from that happy hormone, priming you to want more (and more, and more.)

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Top 4: ChocolatesAccording to a research chocoholics had physical,

behavioral, and emotional responses to chocolate that closely resembled those of drug addicts to their drugs.

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Top 3: French FriesFrench fries are a dieter's nightmare and a food industry's dream. They're the apex of the sugar-fat-salt triumvirate:

salted, fatty, and with a touch of natural sugar.

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Top 2: CandyThe sugary foods you're exposed to in utero and throughout

childhood make kids love—and crave—more sugar.

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Top 1: Ice CreamIce cream is the go-to breakup binge, the creamiest

celebration treat, the perfect hot-summer-day refresher, the more comforting cold-winter-night snack.

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For a free binge eating breakthrough course and further support, visit

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