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Does PTSD Lead to Addiction?
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a condition that can affect just about anyone. Around - 70% of Americans - have suffered a trauma, and around 20% of them suffer from PTSD at some point. Those who are exposed to continuous trauma are especially likely to suffer from PTSD. 20% of soldiers deployed in the past six years suffer from PTSD, and there are surely many undiagnosed cases. That’s more...
October 30, 2018
Why Nurses Are the Unsung Heroes of Addiction Treatment
Addiction - is an issue of epidemic proportions in our world today. And at the forefront of addiction issues today are - heroin - and other opiate dependencies. A recent - graphic by Beaches Recovery - points out the deadly realities of heroin addiction and overdose in the US: - There’s been a sixfold increase in heroin overdose deaths in the last 15 years. Heroin overdose deaths in the US currently...
September 30, 2018
How Med Tech is Helping Put an End to the Opiate Epidemic
In the past, I’ve written about the - stigmas associated with addiction - as well as the integral role of - nurses in addiction treatment. In this piece, I’ll focus on what has become the most problematic and widespread form of addiction the world is currently facing. There’s no beating around the bush: the world has an opiate addiction problem. The most dangerous drug of choice for Americans - used...
June 7, 2018
Overcome Your Bad Habits and Addictions, Now!
When individuals engage in substance abuse (alcohol, drugs, etc.) and they are unable to quit usage on their own even though they have tried repeatedly, but succumb to using again, they possess an addiction. Addictions are multi-faceted; they affect individuals in one or more ways; biologically, psychologically or socially. When the body develops withdrawal symptoms after the individual discontinues...
April 27, 2018
Food Addiction (Part 2): Your Food Rehab Program
Food addiction is when you eat for a state change, and keep eating in an obsessive way in the face of harm from it. I’ve written about my own struggle with food addiction in my new book -The Hormone Reset Diet- and in my -last blog- on food addiction. I outlined the ways that “Big Food” hooks you into food addiction and conditioned overeating through the targeted design of foods that combine sugar,...
April 6, 2015
Food Addiction Part 1: The Science Behind the Syndrome
Most of us have a wonderful relationship with food. Beyond eating for survival, we enjoy food in moderation and know that it brings us nutrition, joy, and health. For some people, though, food is an obsession that dominates their life. Food addiction—a cluster of chemical dependencies that leads to a loss of control over food—can wreak havoc. In many respects, the behavior of food addicts is similar...
March 30, 2015
America’s Number One Addiction Might Shock You
She spoke in hushed tones about a second and then third eclair she devoured alone, hiding all evidence from her husband. “You’re addicted,” I said matter-of-factly. Sugar had become my friend’s drug of choice, and constantly grazing on even so-called healthy hidden-sugar foods had trained her body to demand it constantly. If you can relate to my friend’s predicament, I’ve got hopeful news: sugar addiction...
March 24, 2015