Posted on 12/01/2006 2:52:42 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
When you feel compelled repeatedly to chain smoke cigarettes or shoot up heroin because you just can't help yourself, that's called addiction. And some scientists are saying that for many overeaters.
"Food is like a drug," said Anne Kelly, neuroscientist.
Ann Kelly is a neuroscientist at the University of Wisconsin who has been looking into the brain processes of addiction. Not only to narcotics, but to certain kinds of food.
"I hesitate to say there is such a thing as food addiction but what we have to keep in mind is that food can affect the brain in a very similar way as do addictive drugs," said Kelly.
In her lab, she studies the brains of rats addicted to morphine and other rats whose favorite food is a high fat sugary lard.
"It's sort of like cookie dough." said Kelly.
And the brain scans of the morphine addicted rats when they think they're about to get a fix, LOOK very much like those of the rats conditioned to fatty sweets. when they're about to be FED. Aha, says lawyer John Banzhaf.
"This could be the smoking gun, we could say fat is the next tobacco. Alright how about the legal argument?" said John Banzhaf, law professor.
That's what has lawyers practically salivating. FOOD. could be their new Tobacco.
"If we can change the six major fast food companies so they are providing clear and conspicuous disclosure on their menus of fat and calories and they're providing appropriate health warnings, we will have a dramatic impact on the overall problem of obesity and it will happen immediately," said Banzhaf.
But some, including Dr. Elizabeth Whelan of the American Council for Science and Health, don't like where all this seems to be headed.
"When you say a food is addictive, what you're really saying is that the obese person is a victim and you know that's I think abandoning individual responsibility." said Dr. Elizabeth Whelan, American Council for Science and Health.
Ah! You're addicted to sleep. You must have a depression problem.
And let's hire Banzhaf to do it!!!!!!!!
On bread, ever do a sourdough starter? Easy to find a recipe with Google. It is a fool proof way to make lovely bread that has some taste. Even I can do it. My wife assures me that makes me a fool. She may be on to something.
Also, if you plan to go underground, get a good stock of curing salt and regular salt. We must preserve our PORK FAT!
"I will if you could spread to every woman on the planet that not every man is like Bill Clinton."
You must be dating liberal women. Conservative women instinctively know and appreciate Conservative men. Trust me; Slick Willie turns our collective stomach. We still find it hard to believe that we had a 'Rapist in Chief' in the White House. *SHIVER*
Date less often. Be MUCH more discriminating. Before you even ask a woman out on a date, ask her for her opinion on 'The Clintons,' et al.
Either opinion will guide you and narrow your dating focus. :)
Sourdough and Amish Friendship Bread are my faves. :)
Not to worry now, I take lots of drugs for the problem.
...now what the hell did I do with my Xanax...
"C'mon. It's really not at all about gluttony and you should know that..."
Yup, I know, but until we start calling it what it is and take back the language to define the problem, the nannies will win.
It is like bulemia. I've watched a person not eat to stay thin and then stuff themselves and vomit. Binge and purge is soothed away by lots of psychobabble, but it's a form of gluttony too. It's also a sin in my mind to waste food in that manner...very Imperial Rome.
~But we can't define things as sin..wouldn't want to make anyone feel bad or responsible.
I do a sourdough starter, but has anyone made yeast from potatoes?
Bypasses the packaged variety. I know potatoes can be used instead of yeast starter, but I don't know how.
First of all...LOVE your tagline! You're MY kind of people, LOL!
Secondly:
"Can you name one food that isn't made up of chemicals?"
Brussels Sprouts. No one but me actually LIKES them, yet they are allowed to multiply willy-nilly!
When Brussels Sprouts are outlawed, only Diana will have Brussels Sprouts! :)
"I like being a member of that underclass."
Just as long as we don't have to look like 'The Breck Girl' I'm all for it, LOL!
I just can't seem to get that 'glossy look' to my mane that Johnny has. WHAT am I doing wrong?
Probably not enough Trans-fats in my diet, LOL!
Exactly right. Just as the tobacco lobbyists wanted.
When enough people quit smoking to make a dent in the taxes they pay on cigarettes, the government, who is addicted to tax dollars, has to find another way to get their fix. In the end, the smoking nazis (not saying you are one) will be paying taxes on something else to make up for the 'success' of their efforts to stop smoking.
I wouldn't mind paying more taxes if it deprived the government of a conflict of interest in this important public health problem.
And forgive me if I cross the boundary towards smoking Nazism. My father died of lung cancer last year. But I have friends who smoke and I don't really mind if they smoke in my presence. (I am aware that second hand smoke is not good for you but that the risk from it is pretty low.)
I've always used water from a boiled potato to make my starter. Mix 1:1 this with white flour. Put is a loosely coverd glass jar with room to expand. It will sour within 24 hours. As you use starter, replace with equal parts flour and water. You can refrigerate the starter to slow it down. You should use some or discard some each week and recharge it.
"BTW, the kids are gone tonight...wink, wink..."
Did you need me to send you the rules to 'Strip Yahtzee?' That was always our favorite game to play when the teens were out for the evening. ;)
You know, I really miss my boys. They're all functional members of society now, either working or attending college or both! (And so far none of the three has ended up on my doorstep!)
Maybe it's not THEM I miss so much as pulling one over on them with their beloved Daddy while they were out? LOL! (The parents were having sex? Eeeewwww! 'Old' people don't DO that!)
Suddenly...I can't breathe! I can't breathe! ;)
The biggest problem is the food advertising on TV. It's so graphic it's obscene.
I'm with you. You DID read my tagline, Right? ;)
I love that 'Hell will come to breakfast.' That's next in line if I ever try to break my chocolate "addiction." *Rolleyes*
From a purely economic stand-point, it is in the government's best interest to PROMOTE smoking. It may be the only way to keep those two programs solvent for a few more years.
That's a rather ghoulish argument for smoking! In many countries, cigarettes are a government monopoly, and public efforts to reduce smoking are minimal. Makes you wonder. At any rate, I'm glad I never smoked.
That's kinda the impression I'm getting from your posts.
You're not alone. My five-year-old will climb across the table to get to them. That can't last much longer although I never would have believed it in the first place. Must be my wife's side of the family. LOL
Fantastic! I've tried to be self-sufficient in a lot of things and this is one more. I can't wait to try it.
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