dopamine - 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, 10 Nov 2020 16:06:46 +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 dopamine - 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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