Nicole Avena, PhD, Associate Professor of Neuroscience, Mount Sinai School of Medicine discusses food addiction.
Did you know that in the past, Alcoholics Anonymous advised alcoholics to use sugar to help alleviate their cravings for alcohol? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn for her conversation with Nicole Avena, PhD. Associate Professor of Neuroscience at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City, and Visiting Professor of Health Psychology at Princeton University. Avena describes her research on food addiction, dopamine, and the abundance of sugar in our food system. She explains that not only sugar, but artificial sweeteners, and ultra-processed foods…
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