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Are You Addicted To Food

Food For Thought

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Is It Physiologically Addictive?

The mind set comes from the physiology more than the other way around. It's really not possible, advisable, feasible, realistic for someone who's developed this addiction over time to sort of think their way out of it. What what's needed really is to stop exposing the brain to these indictive substances. They were actually generated by the physiology. These things are hard wired in at the depest core levels. We're talking hypothalamous brain stem, absolutely primitive. And what you see is that thoughts come up being driven by the physiological needs. So here's an example, try to hold your breath for longer than is possible. Most people can't hold their breath for two minutes, right?

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