Recently, the term food addiction is too often and too freely used. The danger of such a carefree attitude towards a real illness lies in the fact that people prone to overeating shift their responsibility for consumed food to the "shoulders" of the disease. Food dependence is not as common as it seems to us, however, many of us have "flashes" of it.
Causes
In the risk group are people who do not have enough emotions and impressions in their lives. If the main source of pleasure in your life is food, be afraid or already get rid of food addiction.
If you are unhappy with yourself, your figure, life, relationships with the opposite sex, work and social status - the main reasons for the emergence of food addiction you already have in your pocket.
Symptoms
Before talking about how to deal with food dependence, let's face it and determine whether you can already boast of having another ailment of civilization:
- you like fat, sweet and salty foods;
- your portions are gradually increasing, frequent supplements;
- in spite of the decision to lose weight, you can not deny yourself "wrong" food;
- you eat in secret from everyone, even at night;
- arrange a dessert after a hearty dinner;
- tasty food is associated with you with encouragement and reward.
It is sweet food that most often causes dependence, because carbohydrates are your favorite food of the brain. Sweets, like drugs, affect the pleasure centers of the brain, so it's so easy and addictive.
Treatment
To treat food dependence, you should find other ways to reward, encourage, you need to learn how to lift your mood and get rid of stress by other means.
You will need to fill the void, which is necessarily formed when you abandon food refinements in excess of normal doses, in that it also increases the production of serotonin:
- run;
- dancing;
- swimming;
- fanatical hobbies;
- healthy lifestyle;
- meetings and acquaintances;
- important life goals (for example, lose weight, heal, improve, reach heights in something).
You should remove from sight all products of "gluttony": fatty, sweet, fast food, salinity. In addition, you must learn to cope with stress without the help of food. Instead of gastronomy, take up breathing practices, tempering, take a contrast shower.
Every time you feel that you want to eat, to fill your inner emptiness, drink a glass of water, take a break for a movie, music, a new hobby. Do drawing, stuccoing, stained glass, knitting - no matter how you get it, the main thing is the process itself.