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The Science Behind Food Addiction, and Helpful Tools on the Path to Recovery

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  • Certain food products, notably the refined and processed “hyperpalatable” sugary, fatty and salty food combinations, hijack the reward center in your brain, causing brain changes identical to those in drug addicts and alcoholics.

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