Reply #13: definitely you can't give up food [View All]

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But you could give up all fructose and sugar added things, and keep broccoli, spinach, and fruit around. I am convinced that the addictive foods are things like sweet bakery products and snack foods, for the most part.

Also there is some Israeli research on the use of inositol for food addictions (large amounts--it is a health food item)--

1: Int J Eat Disord. 2001 Apr;29(3):345-8. Effect of inositol on bulimia nervosa and binge eating.

Gelber D, Levine J, Belmaker RH.

Ministry of Health Mental Health Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, P.O. Box 4600, Beersheva, Israel.

OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to determine whether inositol has therapeutic value in patients with bulimia nervosa and binge eating. METHOD: A double-blind crossover trial using 18 g inositol versus placebo was performed in 12 patients for 6 weeks in each arm. RESULTS: Inositol was significantly better than placebo on the Global Clinical Impression, the Visual Analogue Scale, and the Eating Disorders Inventory. DISCUSSION: Inositol is as therapeutic in patients with bulimia nervosa and binge eating as it is in patients with depression and panic and obsessive-compulsive disorders. This increases its parallelism with serotonin selective reuptake inhibitors. Copyright 2001 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

PMID: 11262515

That is A LOT of inositol, and I sure wouldn't start with that large amount, if it were I.