The Chemistry of Addiction  By Laura Moncur @ 8:00 am — Filed
under:  Sci Show has a great episode about the chemistry of
addiction. He’s talking mostly about drugs, but there is a small
segment about food addiction. He does note, however, that the
concept of food addiction is still a controversial subject and
hasn’t been studied as much as drug addiction.  Sci Show did an
episode on why we love junk food so much. Here is the link to
that as well.  It feels completely demoralizing when I hear
about the science of addiction because it makes it feel like my
eating is out of my control. There are all these chemicals in my
body urging me to do things that are BAD for me, so why should I
even try to fight them?  I prefer to feel that my eating IS in
my control. I want to believe that I am the master of my
physical being and I have the choice whether to exercise, eat
healthy food and refrain from bad food. Part of me just wants to
forget about science and continue living in the fantasy that I
have a say in the matt