#ultraprocessed-food

#ultraprocessed-food

But can food actually be addictive? Now some neuroscientists and food behavior researchers are trying to understand if foodparticularly ultraprocessed foodscan be addictive in the same way as other known substances, such as cigarettes, alcohol and cocaine. For foods to be potentially addictive, they're created in a way that is most palatable and most delicious, says Alex DiFeliceantonio, an appetitive neuroscientist at Virginia Tech. When you look at the food environment, those tend to be ultraprocessed.