For example, if someone was put on a strict diet to lose weight as a medical treatment to a health problem, but the person couldn't stick to it because of a sugar addiction, what would the doctor do?
2007-07-25 10:54:44 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
Sugar triggers production of the brain's natural opioids which becomes the key to the addiction process.Though some studies had been conducted in animals which proves such sugar addiction, there is no any human research done yet to prove it. Based on animal study an opiod blocker could possibly be the treatment but for the meantime it has not yet studied on humans, so to say, the doctor cannot give any medical treatment right now. Self control would be for the person's best interest to solve such problem for the time being.
2007-07-25 11:25:29 · answer #1 · answered by ♥ lani s 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You might look at a ketogenic diet such as Atkins. Being in a state of ketosis causes fat to be more readily available to be "burned". And it has the remarkable effect making addiction to simple carbohydrates (if addiction is the correct word) much more manageable.
Most doctors won't recommend Atkins -- or anything that's not considered conventional, standard practice. On the other hand most doctors don't understand Atkins. Doctors that have studied it are far more likely to be favorable to it. It's prescribed a lot by cardiologists.
2007-07-25 22:42:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no such thing as sugar addiction. Anyone, at any time, can choose to stop eating sugar. Nobody is ever forced to eat sugar (though obviously a diet with zero carbohydrates will eventually kill you).
People don't fail to stick to diets because they are helplessly controlled by an addiction. They fail to stick to diets because they choose not to.
There may be factors that motivate someone to stop dieting (such as hunger or fatigue or whatever). There are also factors that motivate someone to keep injecting heroin (pleasurable sensation, painful withdrawal symptoms).
In both cases, it is still a person making a choice for themselves. It is always a choice. You are responsible for your actions. Blaming an "addiction" is the same as saying that you aren't responsible for your actions, and it's a lie.
2007-07-25 11:01:13 · answer #3 · answered by lithiumdeuteride 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I do not think that sugar is a real addiction because everyone eats sugar and you don't hear about all these sugar addictions.
2007-07-25 11:08:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you find someone, tell me. 'Cause I do have sugar addiction. I have to be eating sweet things and candy all day. Even if I try to stop it I can't.
2007-07-27 19:08:22 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋