Brain Scans Suggest 'Food Addiction' Might Be Real Certain carbohydrates seemed to activate neurological centers focused on reward, study found WebMD News from HealthDay By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, June 26 (HealthDay News) -- New brain scan research supports the notion that some people have a food "addiction," with foods like white bread or potatoes helping to spur their craving to eat.
A CALORIE is a calorie. This truism has been the foundation of nutritional wisdom and our beliefs about obesity since the 1960s. What it means is that a calorie of protein will generate the same energy when metabolized in a living organism as a calorie of fat or carbohydrate.