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Why food is not an addiction, and thus
The headings "food – a new form of addiction" and "addictive sugar stronger than heroin" very often flashed in the media. The saddest in this header that automatic response to the question "what to do with addiction?" usually sounds like "Give up!" And here begins the most interesting...
The supporters of the theory of "pedagogism" the main argument is as follows. Food, especially high in fat and sugar, activates the dopamine reward system as other addictive stimuli – alcohol, drugs, gambling.
But if you read the latest research, which is outlined in the book is Kelly Mcgonigal. "Willpower. How to develop and strengthen" (here you can read the important Chapter of it http://psyfactor.org/lib/dofamin.htm), it becomes clear what the button in the brain presses this flavored donut in the window. Not on a reward system, and a system expectation of reward.
Kind of donut only PROMISES satisfaction, but does not give it, if we are not talking about hunger.
Food is a basic need for survival. As, for example, breathing. But breathing does not require any special effort. But to produce food mankind has always been, or difficult, or VERY difficult, and only last maybe 30 years we live in the age of more or less food abundance. And that the person had the motivation to get food, he in the brain motivation system that promises him a lot of joy and makes the subjective "I want". By the way, this incentive system is screwed and that sexual behavior – finding a partner is also very energy-consuming event and the man behind its activity must be promised orgasmic carrot.
To go to the store, because I want to eat – energy to this event highlights the same system of expectation of reward. "Go," gently whispering the brain. – "Bread is so soft, so delicious, it will do us good." And we get up to leave and go, even if around snow, ice, and inside are too lazy. The first piece of food in response to hunger – the most delicious.Water when thirst quenching, very tasty — the brain tries reinforces our efforts. And if you just like to drink water and water.
Part of addiction is always the result of a false start of the system of motivation. It's always false promises. This demon tempter, who promises satisfaction in the form of power, money and women, and when a man preaches, the void still stays with him. Because he wasn't looking for that. Another cake and will be fine. And another, and another. And then the stomach so full that all the blood is forced to rush to him to cope with this amount of food, and in a sense becomes easier – the brain relax a little bit from the heavy thoughts and emotions. Get drunk and forget. No real "let go" is not happening — because it is the key to the wrong lock.
And still food, not an addiction in the classical sense, it is more complicated.
If in the case of drugs and alcohol, or even love addiction we are talking about the adage "out of sight, out of mind" — and eventually with the right approach, it works, with food this focus does not work. Although it was his and trying to pull numerous diets. And that's whyit doesn't work.
Because food is needed for its primary purpose – to give the body energy. Food refusal poses the problem — how and where to get energy?
How to distinguish food for energy and food is not the case?
Attempt counting calories very roughly can handle (different costs, different age, different metabolic rate and a bunch of factors)with this task, and in an unsuccessful situation and form you, the obsession in obsessive counting and fear "out of limits". Magic numbers she is.
Hence another attempt of control – focus on anti-fun. If it is good food – the wrong food, can't stop, but if you chew like hay through the power. And energy flows and allegedly struggling with addiction. But in this problem because the food is more interesting property is to give pleasure, if it is just the kind of food that is now needed by the body. Maybe need to be strong now and very quickly – and it is a fast carb might need fiber and vegetables, and maybe fats. And if you "guess" — you get the same experience of pleasure "there it is!"
Diet also knock all the settings to the needs of the body and frustrated with your behavior the brain is somehow make sure you disable that call acceptance and self-control you Wake up at the fridge drinking chicken soup.The overeating is the attempt of the brain to obtain what you need of the body, and the feeling in such bouts of loss of control over behavior is in many ways, the greetings from ancient subcortical monkeys are not able to provide me with energy respected mind – be good, stand back.
The problem with the food that activated the incentive system and a vague sense of "want something" is taken as "I want food". Error at the level of consciousness at the level of recognition of the true desires. And that's why food can't satisfy this "hunger" — because it's not a hunger for food. It is impossible valocordin numb the torment of separation from a loved one. Although hurt too somewhere in the region of the heart. Problems begin when food not looking for the purpose for which it was created, and that is why I can not find a place to stop as it is impossible to stop to look in a dark room, a cat that isn't there. published
P. S. And remember, only by changing their consumption — together we change the world! ©
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The supporters of the theory of "pedagogism" the main argument is as follows. Food, especially high in fat and sugar, activates the dopamine reward system as other addictive stimuli – alcohol, drugs, gambling.
But if you read the latest research, which is outlined in the book is Kelly Mcgonigal. "Willpower. How to develop and strengthen" (here you can read the important Chapter of it http://psyfactor.org/lib/dofamin.htm), it becomes clear what the button in the brain presses this flavored donut in the window. Not on a reward system, and a system expectation of reward.
Kind of donut only PROMISES satisfaction, but does not give it, if we are not talking about hunger.
Food is a basic need for survival. As, for example, breathing. But breathing does not require any special effort. But to produce food mankind has always been, or difficult, or VERY difficult, and only last maybe 30 years we live in the age of more or less food abundance. And that the person had the motivation to get food, he in the brain motivation system that promises him a lot of joy and makes the subjective "I want". By the way, this incentive system is screwed and that sexual behavior – finding a partner is also very energy-consuming event and the man behind its activity must be promised orgasmic carrot.
To go to the store, because I want to eat – energy to this event highlights the same system of expectation of reward. "Go," gently whispering the brain. – "Bread is so soft, so delicious, it will do us good." And we get up to leave and go, even if around snow, ice, and inside are too lazy. The first piece of food in response to hunger – the most delicious.Water when thirst quenching, very tasty — the brain tries reinforces our efforts. And if you just like to drink water and water.
Part of addiction is always the result of a false start of the system of motivation. It's always false promises. This demon tempter, who promises satisfaction in the form of power, money and women, and when a man preaches, the void still stays with him. Because he wasn't looking for that. Another cake and will be fine. And another, and another. And then the stomach so full that all the blood is forced to rush to him to cope with this amount of food, and in a sense becomes easier – the brain relax a little bit from the heavy thoughts and emotions. Get drunk and forget. No real "let go" is not happening — because it is the key to the wrong lock.
And still food, not an addiction in the classical sense, it is more complicated.
If in the case of drugs and alcohol, or even love addiction we are talking about the adage "out of sight, out of mind" — and eventually with the right approach, it works, with food this focus does not work. Although it was his and trying to pull numerous diets. And that's whyit doesn't work.
Because food is needed for its primary purpose – to give the body energy. Food refusal poses the problem — how and where to get energy?
How to distinguish food for energy and food is not the case?
Attempt counting calories very roughly can handle (different costs, different age, different metabolic rate and a bunch of factors)with this task, and in an unsuccessful situation and form you, the obsession in obsessive counting and fear "out of limits". Magic numbers she is.
Hence another attempt of control – focus on anti-fun. If it is good food – the wrong food, can't stop, but if you chew like hay through the power. And energy flows and allegedly struggling with addiction. But in this problem because the food is more interesting property is to give pleasure, if it is just the kind of food that is now needed by the body. Maybe need to be strong now and very quickly – and it is a fast carb might need fiber and vegetables, and maybe fats. And if you "guess" — you get the same experience of pleasure "there it is!"
Diet also knock all the settings to the needs of the body and frustrated with your behavior the brain is somehow make sure you disable that call acceptance and self-control you Wake up at the fridge drinking chicken soup.The overeating is the attempt of the brain to obtain what you need of the body, and the feeling in such bouts of loss of control over behavior is in many ways, the greetings from ancient subcortical monkeys are not able to provide me with energy respected mind – be good, stand back.
The problem with the food that activated the incentive system and a vague sense of "want something" is taken as "I want food". Error at the level of consciousness at the level of recognition of the true desires. And that's why food can't satisfy this "hunger" — because it's not a hunger for food. It is impossible valocordin numb the torment of separation from a loved one. Although hurt too somewhere in the region of the heart. Problems begin when food not looking for the purpose for which it was created, and that is why I can not find a place to stop as it is impossible to stop to look in a dark room, a cat that isn't there. published
P. S. And remember, only by changing their consumption — together we change the world! ©
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