Sugars and several fats induce dopamine and natural opioid signals in the brain that lead to addiction-like changes in the emotion center of our brain. Being busy lends itself to eating convenience (including fast and junk) foods even if a person does not particularly like those foods. The result is an ever-increasing addition-like need for them--an ironic need for something that a person doesn't really even like. That need drives food sales, keeping our nutritional environment laced with sugars and fats that feed this process i.e. we are effectively surrounded by foods laced with drugs (stimulants for dopamine and natural opioids). Overcoming this problem requires a vigilance and focus not easily maintained during a busy schedule that initiated the problem to begin with.
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