Is excessive food consumption as bad as any other addiction?
Question by Edgar R: Is excessive food consumption as bad as any other addiction?
Like alcoholism or drug abuse, why?
Best answer:
Answer by Allison Ball
Most people are not chemically addicted to food, but you can be. Those that are are actually wore off than other types of addicts because you have to eat and there are many obesity related diseases. Food, like drugs or alcohol can release serotonin into the brain and cause chemical dependency.
However, most people just have lack of self control.
Answer by Sandra
It depends on the psychological effect the food make or the reason for what the food is being eat. If the one who is eating, does that because he o her likes to eat, and is concient of the reason and the posible consecuences it.s may be not an addiction. Many peapole eats to get confrot, or cover a emotional need, that is not an aadiction but is a serius psycological issue. Other peapole eats bucause the have a mor deep psycological problem and they are autodestroying them selfs. and ther is also a neuro developmental disorder call “Prader-Willi Syndrome” in wich afected patients have never had the full stomach sensation so they will keep eating.
In conclusión it depends on the cause and the goal of the person who is eating
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