addictive - Black Weight Loss Success https://www.blackweightlosssuccess.com The Official Blog of the Black Women Losing Weight Community. Tips, articles and weight loss resources for African American Women. Tue, 20 Jun 2017 22:01:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://www.blackweightlosssuccess.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/cropped-favicon-32x32.jpg addictive - Black Weight Loss Success https://www.blackweightlosssuccess.com 32 32 Is Food Addiction Real and Can You Fight It? https://www.blackweightlosssuccess.com/food-addiction-is-real/ https://www.blackweightlosssuccess.com/food-addiction-is-real/#comments Tue, 20 Jun 2017 18:50:28 +0000 http://www.blackweightlosssuccess.com/?p=22696 We have all heard our friends and family say, “I just can’t stop eating these_____________ (fill in the blank).” We have even heard people say “jokingly” that they are addicted to certain foods, but can food really be addictive, like drugs or alcohol? Many say yes. Consider this example, the Coca plant has been cultivated […]

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]]> https://www.blackweightlosssuccess.com/what-is-msg/feed/ 0 What Makes Processed Sugar Addictive? https://www.blackweightlosssuccess.com/what-makes-processed-sugar-addictive/ https://www.blackweightlosssuccess.com/what-makes-processed-sugar-addictive/#respond Fri, 09 May 2014 16:51:04 +0000 http://www.blackweightlosssuccess.com/?p=8517 Is Processed Sugar Addictive? There has been a lot of discussion and debate over whether sugar is truly “addictive”. What has been proven is that the brain reacts to sugar in the same way that it does to some addictive drugs. It is true that the more sugar you eat, the more you will crave it. […]

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