{"id":58,"date":"2025-04-03T11:22:30","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T09:22:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pioneering-sofianord785cdba5c0.wordpress.com\/?page_id=58"},"modified":"2025-04-17T13:55:07","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T13:55:07","slug":"vad-ar-sockerberoende","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/recoverybyaction.com\/en\/vad-ar-sockerberoende\/","title":{"rendered":"About Sugar\/Carb Addiction"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sugar addiction is a condition in which a person experiences  intense cravings<\/strong> for sugar and struggles to control <\/strong>their intake, even when it leads to negative consequences <\/strong>for their health and daily life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the term \u201csugar addiction\u201d is not an official diagnosis in diagnostic manuals like the DSM-5 or ICD, research shows that sugar can affect the brain\u2019s reward system in ways similar to certain drugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A person with sugar addiction often feels unable to stop eating sweets or high-carb foods and needs increasing amounts to achieve the same level of satisfaction \u2014 a phenomenon known as tolerance.<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This can lead to a vicious cycle of overconsumption, contributing to weight gain, insulin resistance, and other health problems such as cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, sugar addiction can also manifest as an extreme need to control food intake in an effort to manage the addiction \u2014 and many individuals affected are actually underweight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When someone starts hiding, sneaking, or lying<\/strong> about what they eat, how much they eat, or how often they eat \u2014 that\u2019s a strong indicator that sugar addiction may be present.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Symptoms <\/strong>of Sugar\/Carb Addiction:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Continued eating despite negative consequences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An irresistible urge orcompulsion <\/strong>to eat sweets or sugar-rich products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Loss of control <\/strong>\u2013 a feeling of being unable to manage sugar intake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tolerance <\/strong>\u2013 needing larger and larger amounts to achieve the same effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Withdrawal symptoms <\/strong>such as headaches, mood swings, or fatigue when trying to cut back on sugar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Obsession <\/strong>\u2013 constant thoughts about eating: when to eat, what to eat, where to eat, and with whom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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AID –<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Addiction interaction disorder<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

One disease with many expressions!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Addiction is a complex disease!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ASAM <\/strong>\u2013 the American Society of Addiction Medicine, a leading authority on addiction, defines the condition as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201dAddiction is a treatable, chronic medical disease involving complex interactions among brain circuits, genetics, the environment, and an individual\u2019s life experiences. People with addiction use substances or engage in behaviors that become compulsive and often continue despite harmful consequences. Prevention efforts and treatment approaches for addiction are generally as successful as those for other chronic diseases.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adopted by the ASAM Board of Directors September 15, 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the United States, addiction is no longer primarily discussed in terms of the specific substance involved. Instead, addiction is seen as one disease with many expressions \u2014 a concept known as Addiction Interaction Disorder (AID).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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What is sugar?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Sugar isn\u2019t just found in candy, soda, and baked goods \u2013 all types of carbohydrates are broken down into sugar (glucose) in the digestive system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carbohydrates <\/strong>are used by the body as a quick source of energy, but overconsumption can lead to some of today\u2019s most common lifestyle-related illnesses, such as obesity, type 2 diabetes, atherosclerosis, cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer\u2019s, and IBS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carbohydrates are found in, among other things: grains and flour, milk and dairy products, potatoes, pasta, rice, root vegetables, beans, lentils, and fruit. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Sockerberoende \u00e4r ett tillst\u00e5nd d\u00e4r en person k\u00e4nner  starkt sug efter socker och kan ha sv\u00e5rt att kontrollera sitt intag, trots att det ofta har negativa konsekvenser f\u00f6r h\u00e4lsan och det dagliga livet. \u00c4ven om termen ”sockerberoende” inte \u00e4r en officiell diagnos enligt DSM-5 eller ICD (diagnos manualer), finns det forskning som visar p\u00e5 att socker […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-58","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recoverybyaction.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/58","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recoverybyaction.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recoverybyaction.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recoverybyaction.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recoverybyaction.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/recoverybyaction.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/58\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recoverybyaction.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}