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🍕 Engineered, Addictive, Unregulated — Why Ultra-Processed Foods Deserve a DSM Diagnosis
Manage episode 496990588 series 2740117
🚨 New Insights from Nature Medicine 🧠🍕
Can cookies and chips hijack your brain like cocaine? A compelling new article argues that ultra-processed food addiction mirrors classic substance use disorders — down to the cravings, compulsive use, and reward circuit disruption.
With GLP-1 drugs bridging obesity and addiction treatment, is it time the DSM-5 recognized food addiction?
🧬 Science says yes.
⚖️ Policy is lagging.
📢 Let’s start the conversation.
#FoodAddiction #UltraProcessedFoods #DSM5 #GLP1 #PublicHealth #Neuroscience #Obesity #HealthPolicy #Cravings #NutritionScience
644 episodes
Manage episode 496990588 series 2740117
🚨 New Insights from Nature Medicine 🧠🍕
Can cookies and chips hijack your brain like cocaine? A compelling new article argues that ultra-processed food addiction mirrors classic substance use disorders — down to the cravings, compulsive use, and reward circuit disruption.
With GLP-1 drugs bridging obesity and addiction treatment, is it time the DSM-5 recognized food addiction?
🧬 Science says yes.
⚖️ Policy is lagging.
📢 Let’s start the conversation.
#FoodAddiction #UltraProcessedFoods #DSM5 #GLP1 #PublicHealth #Neuroscience #Obesity #HealthPolicy #Cravings #NutritionScience
644 episodes
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