UCtelevision - Food and Addiction: Reflections on the Research

Interesting discussion - and a necessary one. A significant issue in helping my clients lose fat and get healthy is their addiction to sugar and carbohydrates. It is curious that the one macronutrient, carbohydrates, that is NOT essential to human life is the only of the four (the other three are water, protein, and fats) that is addictive.

Food and Addiction: Reflections on the Research

UCtelevision — June 10, 2010 — Panel of experts reflects on the current state of research into food and addiction and local initiatives that attempt to address the problem. Series: Food and Addiction: Environmental, Psychological and Biological Perspectives [6/2010] [Health and Medicine].

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