Is Sugar Addiction a Real Thing?
Here are the criteria for addiction from the DSM-5:
- Taking the substance in larger amounts or for longer than you're meant to.
- Wanting to cut down or stop using the substance but not managing to.
- Spending a lot of time getting, using, or recovering from use of the substance.
- Cravings and urges to use the substance.
- Not managing to do what you should at work, home, or school because of substance use.
- Continuing to use, even when it causes problems in relationships.
- Giving up important social, occupational, or recreational activities because of substance use.
- Using substances again and again, even when it puts you in danger.
- Continuing
to use, even when you know you have a physical or psychological problem
that could have been caused or made worse by the substance.
- Needing more of the substance to get the effect you want (tolerance).
- Development of withdrawal symptoms, which can be relieved by taking more of the substance.
In this video, I describe how sugar qualifies as an addictive substance, and I describe ways to break free.
https://youtu.be/5bhNV-Tbo-8
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