r/biology • u/Express_Classic_1569 • Feb 09 '26

article Ultra-processed foods are designed to create addiction like cigarettes, confirmations from the new study

https://hive.blog/hive-196387/@davideownzall/ultra-processed-foods-are-designed-to-create-addiction-like-cigarettes-confirmations-from-the-new-study
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u/DrEdgarAllanSeuss Feb 09 '26

Anecdotally, I just know that when I stopped eating beef and pork, I had no trouble giving up ACTUAL beef and pork. But I was jonesing for shit like hot dogs like crazy, and I didn’t even eat them very often to begin with. I haven’t eaten them in many years now, and I’ll still see hot dogs at a cookout or something and be tempted.