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Chapter 6 The 10 PREVENTABLE Killer Diseases
Obesity And Alcohol
A Growing Link between Alcoholism and Obesity: Researchers at the Washington University School of
Medicine in St. Louis published one of the most important studies done regarding the link between obesity
and alcoholism in early 2011. The researchers found that people with a family history of alcoholism had a
greater chance of being affected by obesity.
For women, who had a 49 percent greater chance of alcohol family history, this was especially true.
One possible explanation is that in trying to avoid the alcoholic behaviors observed in their families, people
replace alcohol with a different, more deadly, addiction: PROCESSED SUGAR IN PROCESSED FOODS.
Both obesity and alcohol addiction have been linked to the brain’s reward system. Overeating can trigger a
gradual increase in the reward threshold, requiring more and more high-fat, high-sugar food or reinforcing
alcohol to satisfy sugar cravings.
Dr. Nora Volkow, the director of the National Institute for Drug Abuse, said: “Addiction and obesity are two of
the most challenging health problems in the United States.
Dr. Mark Hyman says: As I reviewed in my article on food addiction, the science demonstrating that
people can be biologically addicted to sugar in the same way we can be addicted to heroin, cocaine or
nicotine is clear. Bingeing and addictive behaviors are eerily similar in alcoholics and sugar addicts. In fact,
most recovering alcoholics often switch to another easily available drug: PROCESSED SUGAR.
IF Government & Medical Authorities Were Right - Why Did Obesity Rise So Rapidly Since 1975 ?
