‘Diet, Drugs, and Dopamine’ Exposes Food Addictions

Is the food industry creating a nation of food addicts? 
‘Diet, Drugs, and Dopamine’ Exposes Food Addictions
Author Dr. David A. Kessler offers tips for a healthy diet in “Diet, Drugs, and Dopamine: The New Science of Achieving a Healthy Weight.” Joy Asico-Smith/Flatiron Books
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There’s much for readers to digest in “Diet, Drugs, and Dopamine: The New Science of Achieving a Healthy Weight” to understand dieting, food addictions, and GLP-1 weight loss medications.

Former commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), David A. Kessler, M.D., paints a somber picture of the state of our food. Rich in sugar, salt, and fat, plus the ultra-formulated way our food is created, are taking over the reward centers of our brains and taking a toll on our health. They are, in effect, creating a society of food addicts.

MJ Hanley-Goff
MJ Hanley-Goff
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MJ Hanley-Goff has written for Long Island’s daily paper, Newsday, the Times Herald-Record, Orange Magazine, and Hudson Valley magazine. She did a stint as editor for the Hudson Valley Parent magazine, and contributed stories to AAA’s Car & Travel, and Tri-County Woman. After completing a novel and a self-help book, she now offers writing workshops and book coaching to first time authors, and essay coaching to high school students.