Annotated Bibliography

Helliker, Kevin. "Food May Be Addicting for Some." Wall Street Journal. 05 Apr 2011: D.4. SIRS Issues Researcher. Web. 14 Nov 2011.

      I liked this source because it showed some actually studies of the brain and what showing a milk shake does to the brain compared to someone who is not "addicted" to food. It also makes great points that drug addicts are usually harming themselves and it gets in the way of jobs and normal activity's. When somebody who could have a food addiction can go on living a much more normal life. It also talks about the brain using food as a reward because it is a natural survival instinct.

"Binge Eaters' Dopamine Levels Spike at Sight, Smell of Food." Brookhaven National Laboratory News Release. 28 Feb 2011: n.p. SIRS Government Reporter. Web. 14 Nov 2011.

In this article it also shows test that were done on obese binge eaters and non obese people with out eating disorders. The people had to fast for sixteen hours and were shown food that was their favorite and heated up. The dopamine levels in the brain of the obese binge eaters had spiked extremely high when the non binge eaters showed no release of dopamine which I found interesting since they had not eaten in sixteen hours. They showed that a drug addict has the same release of dopamine when there is a hint or sign of being able to use drugs soon or having them around.

Billhartz Gregorian, Cynthia. "Craving for Food Can Be Addicting." St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 17 Feb 2011: B.1. SIRS Issues Researcher. Web. 14 Nov 2011.

I learned a lot from this article that I had not considered yet. Like high calorie foods with lots of sugar and fat can actually mess up your bran and make you much more susceptible to cravings. The question posed here is if you stay away from high calorie and foods with sugar and fat does your brain learn to live with out them and forget about them or think about it all the time since you made that food untouchable. It also brings up the point that addiction runs in family's and test have shown that people with parents who struggled with alcohol and drug addiction have a higher chance of struggling with food addiction.

Kirkey, Sharon. "Bacon and Cheesecake 'Alter Brain Like Heroin'." CanWest News Don Mills, Ontario, Canada. 31 Mar 2010: n.p. SIRS Issues Researcher. Web. 14 Nov 2011.

      In this article I learned that it may be better for people who struggle with food addiction to limit their intake of "comfort" foods to a minimum since the more you have those foods the more you will be likely to crave them. It also mentions the rewire of the brain when you eat high calorie foods its the same effects a drug addict has. Studies prove that it seems to be beyond control when eating for somebody who is addicted to food.