Eating, eating, eating… “I want to keep eating even when my stomach is full”, “I feel tired all day because I eat too much”, “When I deliberately reduce the amount of food I eat, I get anxiety, anxiety, depression or headache, etc. Physical withdrawal symptoms”, do you have similar problems? Beware of eating out of control “addiction”! Food addiction has 5 major culprits Why would cause “food addiction”? In fact, there are 5 major culprits behind! Including: chronic stress, sleep disorders, sugar, trans fats, and flour, because often eat some of these foods, will make the body control appetite and energy balance function failure, so that the brain to make a wrong judgment, so that their mouths can not stop, unconsciously eat more and more fat. The food that will lead to addiction is called “highly palatable food” in English-speaking countries, or “fast taste” (palatability) strong diet. As the literal meaning, it means “food containing addictive ingredients to produce the taste of pleasure”. Food addiction psychological factors self-testing Weight loss is not a matter of willpower, but rather the body mechanism at work. The hunger that people feel in modern times is not really physical hunger, but psychological hunger, which makes them prone to overeating on impulse, and even to food addiction-like symptoms. The following are symptoms of food addiction: 1. When you eat, the amount left over is much less than expected, and you almost always finish it all. 2. Continue to eat even when your stomach is full. 3.Sometimes there is a worry that “should I reduce the amount of food I eat? 4.I feel tired all day because I ate too much. 5.Spending too much time on food affects work, time with family and friends, and important appointments or leisure activities. 6.Physical withdrawal symptoms such as restlessness, anxiety, depression or headache when deliberately fasting or reducing the amount of food you eat. 7.Ever look for food to eat because of symptoms such as restlessness, anxiety, depression or headache. 8.Ever had stronger cravings for specific foods because of deliberate abstinence from or reduction of them. Please note that as long as three or more of the above questions are met, you may already have a “food addiction” problem. In order to solve the problem of “food addiction”, people with “food addiction” are divided into the following types, and then provide solutions for each type, from how to regulate stress, improve sleep, to develop healthy exercise and eating habits, etc. Types of food addiction: 1. Compulsive type People who are compulsive food addicts think about “eating” all day long, especially at night. Even if they try to get rid of the food or eating behavior, they cannot easily concentrate on other things. Suggestions for improvement: People who are compulsive are so obsessed with eating and food intake that it is difficult to think about other things. Therefore, what is needed is the ability to shift the attention to other places. 2.Impulsive type The most important characteristic of impulsive type is that they cannot control their own actions and cannot concentrate on something for a long time, and they get bored or fed up very quickly. Some specific behaviors of the impulsive type occur when the prefrontal cortical area has low self-control and dopamine secretion problems. Suggestions for improvement: Most of these individuals have low prefrontal cortical activity and low dopamine levels. If you take Prozac and other depression drugs that can raise the concentration of serotonin, it may even make the symptoms more serious, but the appetite suppressants such as fentanyl, to control impulsive eating will be somewhat helpful. 3, emotional type Emotional type occurs in women more than men, in the lack of motivation, feeling lonely and depressed, even if the stomach is not hungry, but still will find something to eat. The reason for the appetite is not physical hunger or the need for nutrients, but to fill a deficiency in the emotional part of the body, so they turn to food for solace. Suggestions for improvement: Emotional food addiction is often accompanied by depression, so when depression is severe, you should first receive treatment for depression, including: getting plenty of sunlight so that your body is not deficient in vitamin D. If necessary, taking vitamin D supplements is also a good choice. Emotional food addiction also often develops into bulimia or polyphagia, taking anti-depressants related to serotonin will make the symptoms better. Many times hunger is the biggest accomplice of obesity, and traditional weight loss does not solve this problem well, while weight loss surgery can reduce the secretion of Ghrelin (hunger hormone), and at the same time reduce the weight regulation point of obese friends, under the hormone regulation, the rapid weight loss will not cause ketoacidosis.