The majority of food you often eat and crave have highly addictive properties.

Some of the foods and substances in these foods are:

•  Caffeine - A stimulant drug. Like coffee, soda and energy drinks?

• Cheese - Casein is a protein found in dairy. Opiates are found in casein.  As they break down they become one tenth the strength of morphine. Like pizza?

• Wheat - Proteins in wheat contain morphine like substances that create addictive behavior. Like bagels?

• Chocolate -  Serotonin releasing mood altering food.  Also containing sugar and caffeine. Like ice cream?

• Sugar - Activates opioid receptors in the brain. As addictive as drugs. Like candy?

• Processed Fatty Foods - Similar brain responses between eating fatty processed foods and taking heroin or cocaine. Like fast-food burgers?

•  Processed Salty Foods - Cravings for salty foods are often the bodies way of looking for replacing low sodium. Like potato chips?

• Carbohydrates - Eating carbs produces a natural high caused by the release of dopamine in the brain. Like bread?

• MSG - Monosodium Glutamate - A flavor enhancer and neurotoxin. Like Chinese food?

• Drugs, Alcohol and Tobacco - The most common, legalized and highly addictive drugs in America. Like? 

We have the opportunity to eat a whole food diet and lifestyle. It's really up to you.

Are you addicted to vegetables?

Kathleen Kasprzak

www.kkhealthcoach.com