Cracking Addiction

Is sugar addiction as powerful as cocaine?


Listen Later

Is sugar addiction as powerful as cocaine?Is sugar truly a food addiction? This video explores the neuroscience behind sugar's allure, touching on the brain reward pathway and how sugar hijacks brain. It also considers what this means for our mental health and overall well-being.

Dr. Ferghal Armstrong reveals how to break sugar addiction and beat sugar addiction with science-backed insights. Struggling with my sugar addiction or relentless sugar cravings?

Discover how to quit sugar and stop sugar cravings as Dr. Armstrong unpacks why sweets are so hard to resist. Did you know rats choose sugar over cocaine in studies, driven by sugar and dopamine?

Dive into the neuroscience of sugar addiction, from dopamine and sugar rewiring your brain’s reward system to refined sugar effects mirroring hard drugs. Dr. Armstrong explores sugar binge eating, withdrawal, and tolerance, showing how sugar cravings hijack the nucleus accumbens, just like narcotics.

Learn how genetics and early experiences fuel my sugar addiction and why addiction transfer risks new substance use disorders post-weight loss surgery. This episode offers a sugar detox roadmap with practical tips to overcome sugar addiction. From how to break sugar addiction to mastering stop sugar cravings strategies,

Dr. Armstrong empowers you to take charge. Perfect for those tackling sugar binge eating or seeking mental health clarity, this video blends refined sugar effects insights with addiction recovery tools.

Share your how to quit sugar story below!

Chapters

00:00:00 Is Sugar Addiction Real? Exploring the Concept

00:00:57 Sugar and the Brain: Dopamine, Reward, and Craving

00:01:48 Evolutionary Roots: Why Are We Wired for Sugar?

00:02:33 Refined Sugar’s Addictive Properties and Animal Studies

00:03:46 Clinical Implications: Susceptibility, Symptoms, and Neurobiology

00:04:41 Takeaways: Recognising and Addressing Sugar Addiction

00:05:19 Closing Remarks

#SugarAddiction #BreakTheSugarAddiction #HowToQuitSugar #DopamineAndSugar

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Cracking AddictionBy Meducate

  • 5
  • 5
  • 5
  • 5
  • 5

5

6 ratings


More shows like Cracking Addiction

View all
ADHD Experts Podcast by ADDitude

ADHD Experts Podcast

1,328 Listeners

Change Your Brain Every Day by Dr Daniel & Tana Amen

Change Your Brain Every Day

2,048 Listeners

Beautifully Complex by Penny Williams

Beautifully Complex

353 Listeners

BMJ Best Practice Podcast by BMJ Group

BMJ Best Practice Podcast

23 Listeners

Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast by David Puder, M.D.

Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast

1,348 Listeners

Real Life Pharmacology - Pharmacology Education for Health Care Professionals by Eric Christianson, PharmD; Pharmacology Expert and Clinical Pharmacist

Real Life Pharmacology - Pharmacology Education for Health Care Professionals

733 Listeners

Psychopharmacology and Psychiatry Updates by Psychopharmacology Institute

Psychopharmacology and Psychiatry Updates

294 Listeners

The Dr Louise Newson Podcast by Dr Louise Newson

The Dr Louise Newson Podcast

246 Listeners

The Carlat Psychiatry Podcast by Pocket Psychiatry: A Carlat Podcast

The Carlat Psychiatry Podcast

557 Listeners

The Imperfects by Hugh van Cuylenburg, Ryan Shelton & Josh van Cuylenburg

The Imperfects

417 Listeners

Hacking Your ADHD by William Curb

Hacking Your ADHD

712 Listeners

ZOE Science & Nutrition by ZOE

ZOE Science & Nutrition

2,082 Listeners

The Mel Robbins Podcast by Mel Robbins

The Mel Robbins Podcast

20,104 Listeners

ADHD Chatter by Alex Partridge

ADHD Chatter

265 Listeners

PsychRounds: The Psychiatry Podcast by Dr. Tanner Hewitt, Dr. Larry Wang and Dr. Bradley Miller

PsychRounds: The Psychiatry Podcast

153 Listeners