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Quitting Junk Food Causes Withdrawals Like Drug Addiction


Quitting Junk Food Causes Withdrawals Like Drug Addiction

March 18, 2020 at 9:42 AM

We all have some guilty-pleasure junk foods: French fries, pizza, sweets.

Sometimes, it can be hard to cut these unhealthy treats from our diets, and now, new research out of the University of Michigan might suggest why that’s the case. Quitting highly processed junk food can result in symptoms of withdrawal that are a lot like those experienced by people who are addicted to drugs.

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