Is Food Addiction Just a Willpower Issue? No.

[@uctv]

Watch the Entire Program Here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/inOqqISmZa2oerM

[@robertharker]

Great to hear someone talking about food addiction rather than obesity and weight loss. One way I control my weight is to not keep sugar based food around. A few years ago at a stressful time of my life I kept finding my self searching my kitchen for something sweet. Quite often sitting down with a jar of jam and a spoon. It made me realize my addiction to pot and booze was nothing compared to my addiction to sugar. If I don't eat something sweet every day, I find myself obsessing over my next fix. "Its midnight and 7-11 is still open." Thank you for your talk. It was clear, concise and short. The replacing the word alcohol with food was great.

[@robertharker]

@@puppy6646I think you missed the whole point of Ms. Epel's talk. Food addiction is not a craving but a full blown addiction. Lack of will power is not the issue. I can avoid the candy bar at noon. But a midnight when the addiction kicks in it is a real struggle to not jump into my car and buy a candy bar at 7-11. While I am there, why not buy 3? Food addiction is an even harder habit to give up than smoking because highly caloric food is all around us. There are two isles at the store I avoid, candy/cookies and chips and snacks. Then I am tempted at the checkout line with a big display of all the different candy bars. As Ms. Epel pointed out, like "just say no" does not work with heroin addiction, it does not work with food addiction.

[@shefindshim1151]

@@robertharker Very very well put, Robert!!! I agree with you. I think the same thing. I also realized I had a problem when I found myself hiding and eating alone and sneaking bites of food so no one would know

[@doctorlatkumar7640]

@@robertharker don't eat sugar. Eat nicotine removing gums.

[@michaellai5549]

@@shefindshim1151 So now at least we know😂

[@Angelina6518]

@@robertharker True ! I’ve had very specific food addictions. My life would evolve around. It’s a consolation self imposed.

[@officialegemen]

The fact that I know what it is, it's basically opioid addiction, gives me so much power over it. Thank you.

[@christopherrobinson4453]

Hi Honey Bum

[@Sean-fg9rq]

Did you recover from it?

[@Dulceria-La-Princesita]

I've eaten nearly 6,000 kcal today. 1,800 while watching this video. I hide, as best as I can, these binges which occur several times a week from my wife. It breaks her heart the way I abuse my body. I know I've done irreversible damage. Every time I binge eat I accept that I'm committing a prolonged soft suicide.

[@amir_hamzah]

You haven’t done irreversible damage to your mental well-being which is the first, second and third most important thing in life, work hard on education yourself about yourself I.e. feelings and thoughts that lead to eating, and on a daily basis try to work towards getting better, remember Rome wasn’t built in a day, and your mind is much more complicated than Rome - so take your time friend

[@Luvurselffirst]

Knowing what diabetes can do, knowing what should be done to reverse it and not having self love to do so. :( youre not alone. Someone once said you have to manipulate your own thinking. He said even if you have to lie to yourself to reach your goals do it. He turned his apartment into a gym during the pandemic so, i did the same. My clithes look really crazy on my exercise bike. I use the rowing machine twice a week but not for very long. Self love is the key.

[@takartoko1981]

You can also do IF and low carb diet n eat clean you gonna be okay . There are lot people out there they guide you free of cost on KZbin.

[@brianwade8649]

I have been fighting obesity for 25 years and only recently decided for myself to begin thinking of the problem as an addiction - like alcoholism or drug addiction. That led to a search which got me here. By minute 4 I felt hope and excitement because I believe the things you are saying are right. Thank you! I will be researching every lead I can find on this approach.

[@Sean-fg9rq]

Did you recover from it?

[@brianwade8649]

@@Sean-fg9rq no, but having some luck recently by thinking more about what healthy things i can have more of - instead of restrictions. I wish you the best!

[@gphanichetan2824]

@@brianwade8649 now?

[@cinnamongirl3070]

All addictions are distractions from life. Plain and simple. I speak from experience. The root cause will never be addressed with a drug, however, for some people chemicals may be a starting point.

[@igloozoo3771]

It is kind of weird that everyone is a bit wired differently when it comes to addictions. I don't understand the alcoholics because Alcohol is just not something that I crave. One drink is basically all I need and I don't crave another. On the other hand, Ice cream and Cookies and Orange Juice are something that I cannot seem to put down. If I have a dozen hagen daz bars in the freezer, I will end up going back until they are all gone within a couple hours. I don't have this problem with fruits and dates. So it isn't solely sugar that is causing the binging. Pornography is another. I have to be vigilant not to watch that on the internet.

[@chrissyweaver3475]

That's wild because alcohol is pure sugar.

[@jellydarling1008]

Same for me though, alcohol is just to much for me. It is strange because bear is full of carbs but I’d never down a bunch of bears but I’d eat a thing of donuts

[@igloozoo3771]

@@jellydarling1008 Bears? Gummy Bears?

[@Ina_Toma]

@@igloozoo3771 he probably meant beer

[@budte]

I am 39 years continuously sober. It took a few years and some initial disbelief that the carb/fat gorging that I have fought for years is in principle no different to the battle I had with alcohol 39 years previous. There was an experiment with rats I think, that gave one group of rats unlimited access to sugar, but no fat. The second group had unlimited access to fat, but no sugar. The third group had a mixture of fat and sugar (cheesecake). The first two groups did stuff themselves, but stopped when they were full and never became obese. The last group, stuffed themselves, but returned repeatedly every few minutes to pick a bit more and became super-obese. It was thought the fat/carb mix worked on the same parts of the brain as cocaine. The Hadza, the last hunter/gatherers in existence today - the men go out and hunt and the women go out and gather. The men are successful once every 7-10 days, the rest of the time they are all relying on the fruit, berries and potassium rich tubers the women gather. No oil/fat, mostly vegan. No heart disease or diabetes.

[@lumbembajohn9905]

Huh

[@eriomnyc6073]

Same !

[@neilwani1178]

There should be laws against using science to make food that are full of sugar and fat and are addictive. Government needs to regulate how much sugar goes into food. The body was not made to handle all this sugar and other things and it is causing all kinds of health problems. The punishment needs to be jail time for company executives that make foods so unhealthy. And class action law suits against these companies.

[@follower1812]

Am just a kid and my parents get mad at me for not eating all of the chips or sweets they buy me even though I decline it. I know a diet works because I've done it and looked better than ever and was happier than ever to. But of course I was forced to throw that away to. I swear once I turn 18 I will finally get the desired body I want.

[@VocalVocaloid]

Your parents sound abusive.

[@PeterEccles]

This is so obvious once it's said. Great video.

[@Alex861697]

It’s hard to win over food

[@nicolekear3911]

I have PCOS and just found out last year. I have gained 120 pounds in the last couple of years. I LOVE healthy food and eat it frequently, but this insulin resistance is ridiculous and if I don't feed sugar or unhealthy food cravings, I get headaches etc. It's scary. I am thinking of getting gastric sleeve. I am 30, I want to have a child, but I want to make sure I'm at my healthiest again before I even conceive. I want to have control over my health again. I am so close to being pre-diabetic. I'm in pain everyday, even on my better days. I have never felt so unhealthy. It's sad because I used to be 130 pounds 5'11", I was a beautiful woman and my weight has just fucked up my whole perception of myself. I need a change NOW

[@EveofPyrite]

Have you tried keto? I also have insulin resistance

[@mskissmyazzify]

Wow I also have pcos, standing 5"10 and gained 30lbs Ober the past couple years. I use to be 175 and I HATE myself. I'm trying to do better.

[@yeahwhateverokay]

Everything was great until my birthday came around and I thought “I deserve some treats” and some treats became a 3 day eat whatever I can find binge. It’s emotionally so exhausting

[@anarchoaristocracy8368]

I clicked because the thumbnail doughnuts looked really good and i kinda thought if i watched the vid there would be more footage of the doughnuts. Where are these doughnuts from? Where did you get the stock photo from?

[@BartBVanBockstaele]

What I find remarkable is that most all rhese presentations carefully dance around "hunger". There is a big difference between "pleasurable" and "not hungry".

[@arturogomeztagle9250]

Dr. Mason, thank you.

[@Dan-jo8py]

Interesting, but shame it uses drug treatment as the comparison given all those interventions suck 🙄. Any addiction is essentially the result of an inability to resolve an underlying issue - hence why psychedelics have an 80%+ success rate. Allowing the brain to reset and reframe the underlying trauma removes the problem. You either reframe the issue and it no longer causes pain that needs treating in a way you can't action, or you find a novel way to action it. Either way the addiction stops.

[@Nadi-Rama]

Which ones and in what way. Experiences?

[@jasmines.6325]

I Def feel very uncomfortable when I don't eat most of the time

[@michaellai5549]

I can replace the red words with "KZbin" too

[@mrpringle9479]

Never, smoked, drank, did drugs and been drinking only water for nearly 7 years now. I improved basically everything about my health and hygiene. Except for food it's something you can't avoid. There isn't one simple fix like there is with water. And it's not something you can just avoid like with drugs. They're so many food groups and tempting restaurants that it's a pain to solve. Not to mention even if you do everything right. I still hit plateaus

[@jekylljekyllhyde821]

The fact that there are people who can literally not eat for weeks & I can't skip even one meal. Seriously, how much willpower should you have even in order to be able to do something like that?

[@ScareCrow292]

I guess food can be very addictive I mean I struggled with being overweight as a young teen at 300lbs but I found a way to keep the weight off and I couldn't be more happier

[@geraldlewis5498]

Slogan= exercise and stop eating Too much unhealthy foods and a little moderation of some junk food s I guess is okay as long as you eat healthy food s and exercise.for years I have memory focus and concentration issues that's causing me to be addicted for some years ago now since I was a kid.

[@JohnVKaravitis]

Jesus H. Christ! I have a Costco pumpkin pie addiction!!!

[@ARTOFWAR2008]

Taco truck is killing me.

[@Choco-Kat]

Doordash messed me up during covid. I keep deleting the app but 1am I download it again. I get late night cravings.

[@nordicsaint1]

@@Choco-Kat aww man that's so me right now and for the past 2 years. How are you dealing with it now?

[@chrissyweaver3475]

I wanna say that I had a food addiction as a kid. The only reason I didn't become obese was that I exercised every day. In high school, I joined weight training and I changed my life. But I still felt like crap eating and drinking junk. So I slowly started cutting junk over the years and I'm now addicted to feeling of feeling good. I'm vegan now, and wish I had been my whole life. I still a junk food vegan, but it is all better than what I used to consume.

[@code4chaosmobile]

Impressive.

[@Katie-qu9iv]

Basically she is describing dopamine and a dopamine fix.

[@AlinaTowers]

Can I be an addict even if I don’t eat a lot of processed foods, I’m not very overweight, and I exercise daily? I mean, I’m a fighter, but I know I consistently eat more than I need, and I never feel satisfied. I graze until I feel gross. I have gained 12 pounds since my ideal weight last year, and can’t lose it. I feel like food has way too much power over me!

[@lukeparraguitarstuff9698]

I do they same no matter how hard I try to avoid it, I’m a boxer

[@Ninasaved]

It feels like an never ending battle, how can I be free from myself

[@Ina_Toma]

As long as you feel mentally consumed, it is a problem. Check a specialist, I hope you get better, we are in this together (I relate a lot to you, but I am a dancer not a fighter- still eating very healthy and exercising a lot…)

[@chigbungus5461]

simply put you have to go on a diet and exercise, the word addiction gives people just more reason to eat and say "i have a food addiction"

[@karenohanlon4183]

Addiction is real bro

[@marmar7381]

@@karenohanlon4183 fax🥲😭🤦🏾‍♂️

[@reneecalvin2158]

So why is it that someone can be addicted to cigarettes, alcohol, drugs , but food addiction you find unbelievable ?

[@chigbungus5461]

Never said addiction is not real Whether it be alcohol, cigarettes, weed or whatever. you need to be strong enough to not use the word "addiction" everytime you are confronted by someone or yourself and think of it as something you could just stop doing by sheer will😉

[@mskissmyazzify]

You think if addiction was that simple people will do drugs so much to thr point they loose teeth, shiot up with dirty needles and sale their bodies for it? Same with food addiction you think if it was that easy, people wouldn't just eat eat eat gain so much weight, knowing the risk of diabetes, heart failure, fatigue, plague in the arteries, and even death! No if it was as simple as that no one would be fat or on drugs.

[@richardhorn7688]

I wish I was addicted to food. My whole family loves food and is obese and I'm the only one who is average athletic build but I hate eating. I've always eaten with them and see in their faces how much pleasure they get with certain foods and sometime guilt on their face. I eat only about 3 things and rotate them. I don't like them but I can tolerate and eat every other day sometimes every 3 days

[@Wiggy8]

No you DON’T wish you were addicted to food. It is incredibly frustrating and sad. It’s been over 50 years for me, and it’s a helluva way to waste your life.

[@reemomrann]

oh poor boy, ur healthy and athletic :((( that indeed calls for wishing for a disease that millions actually suffer from :(

[@richardhorn7688]

@@reemomrann I was addicted to far worse than food my friend. Luckily I didn’t make it a death sentence

[@Ninasaved]

Your lucky I wish I hated food and hated to eat!

[@FRISHR]

What about Anime addiction?

[@Malexah_mor]

Lol😂

[@Archangel4Truth]

Im Starving must go find some tasty junk food.

[@hopeglory1286]

I went to my doctor for a back injury. He compared me to Beyonce and told me to stop eating

[@Wiggy8]

He should be fired

[@geraldlewis5498]

A heaven on earth by Belinda Carlisle.a Cool Assed song

[@Murga_Mutton]

She's beautiful. 🔥

[@aussieraver7182]

I've quit tobacco, porn, fapping, alcohol and weed. It's been 3 weeks and I dont crave it whatsoever. ...but food is still an issue for me. I can't seem to kick it.

[@Jianju69]

I hear you, and yet I cannot abide yet even *more* of this sort of "it's not your fault" material.

[@KoreaMojo]

It's not, why lie. It's like if someone scams you. You hope that you can learn a way to prevent it in the future from reoccurring. However them chosing to do something wrong when you are acting in good faith, is their responsibility. However your responsibility is to take care of yourself in spite of your victimization. People playing our biology against us, is not our fault but we have to fight against it. There's responsibility for you.

[@karenohanlon4183]

Its definitely not your fault

[@simranjeetdhaliwal2554]

There is merit to "just stopping" and stopping over consumption of unhealthy foods. It's unfair to compare food addiction to heroin, your body goes through severe physical withdrawal during heroin and you can die from that, so how is that the same as food addiction? We have abundant choices around as at grocery stores, people choose to make poor choices and then want to whine about it.

[@changesforthebetter7172]

Food addiction does have physical withdrawal especially if you're addicted to sugar. Violent vomiting, shakes, fevers, become addicted to it and you will be violently incapacitated when you don't have it.

[@aaronwilde]

We have abundant drug choices around us in cities, people choose to make poor decisions taking heroin and then want to whine about it. It's harmless and easy to buy ice cream once, and slowly become addicted without even realizing how bad ice cream was from the first time you ate it. Heroin and other drugs everyone KNOWS how addictive and destructive they are yet people choose to take these drugs? Your logic is broken

[@Angelina6518]

It’s called Gluttony and Sloth. 🦥

[@Wiggy8]

Angelina Friscia Your Ignorance and Judgemental Attitude is showing

[@karenohanlon4183]

You are just been silly dear and parroting the same old crap .

[@ninibugg6203]

You know what I've realized over the years? A lot of sins from the bible could actually be prevented if people just took their mental health seriously and went to therapy. For Gluttony, for example, it's most likely Binge Eating Disorder. For Sloth, your "laziness" may be caused by something underlying, such as Depression or fear. If you're feeling suicidal, it's also a sign of Depression or other mental illnesses. I'm a Christian, but just labeling people as sinful (which we all are anyway) doesn't help.