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Scientific Research on the Addictive Nature of Sugar and the Biological Basis for the
Treatment of Overeating


SUGAR/CARBOHYDRATES AS NARCOTICS:

Intense sweetness surpasses cocaine reward
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Evidence for sugar addiction: behavioral and neurochemical effects of intermittent, excessive sugar intake.
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Carbohydrate craving: a double-blind, placebo-controlled test of the self-medication hypothesis.
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Abuse potential of carbohydrates for overweight carbohydrate cravers.
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Evidence that intermittent, excessive sugar intake causes endogenous opioid dependence
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Naloxone, an opiate blocker, reduces the consumption of sweet high-fat foods in obese and lean female binge eaters.
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THE BRAIN CONNECTION

Evidence of gender differences in the ability to inhibit brain activation elicited by food stimulation
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Food Cravings, Endogenous Opioid Peptides, and Food Intake: A Review
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Depression and weight gain: the serotonin connection.
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AMINO ACIDS STOP FOOD CRAVINGS AND WEIGHT GAIN BY INCREASING THE APPETITE REGULATING NEUROTRANSMITTERS SEROTONIN AND ENDORPHIN

Eating behavior and adherence to dietary prescriptions in obese adult subjects treated with 5-hydroxytryptophan.
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Reward deficiency syndrome in obesity: a preliminary cross-sectional trial with a Genotrim variant.
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Clinical evidence for the effectiveness of Phencal (five amino acids) in maintaining weight loss in an open label, controlled 2-year study (of 257 post-Optifast users)
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DL-phenylalanine markedly potentiates opiate analgesia - an example of nutrient/pharmaceutical up-regulation of the endogenous analgesia system.
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L-Tryptophan with Vitamin B-6 benefits bulimics
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Pharmacology of enkephalinase inhibitors: animal and human studies.
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LOW CALORIE DIETING INCREASES FOOD CRAVINGS AND WEIGHT GAIN, ALSO SUPPRESSES THYROID

Stress, eating and the reward system.
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Multiple types of dieting prospectively predict weight gain during the freshman year of college.
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Dieting changes serotonergic function in women, not men
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Serum concentrations of total and free thyroid hormones in moderately obese women during a six-week slimming cure
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BENEFITS OF A LOW CARB/MODERATE CALORIE DIET

Comparison of the Atkins, Zone, Ornish, and LEARN diets for change in weight and related risk factors among overweight premenopausal women: the A TO Z Weight Loss Study: a randomized trial.
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The effect of a low-carbohydrate, ketogenic diet versus a low-glycemic index diet on glycemic control in type 2 diabetes mellitus.
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Systematic review of randomized controlled trials of low-carbohydrate vs. low-fat/low-calorie diets in the management of obesity and its comorbidities.
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Low-carbohydrate (low & high-fat) versus high-carbohydrate low-fat diets in the treatment of obesity in adolescents.
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