Does sugar addiction really exist? These dietitians give their insight on this controversial topic.
There are both physical and psychological reasons for feeling addicted to sugar. Physically, you may not be eating enough total food in your day, so yourfeel powerful and intensify because your body signaling that it needs energy fast.
"You could also be waiting too long to eat or not eating enough throughout the day, so your blood sugar is low," Mitri says."This can increase the desire for sugar toPsychological reasons for feeling addicted to sweets are more complex. "You may feel addicted to sugar for several reasons. It may have become a habit and your body is conditioned to crave it," Mitri adds."You can also crave sugar more often if you're, as these two things increase your hunger hormones, making these cravings feel harder to control."
"There are pleasure-generating signals in the brain given off in response to eating or drinking something sweet," Saweres says. These pleasure signals offer a reward that might reinforce eating sweets again and again.
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