How to Know if You Have a Food Addiction

The first question that should be addressed is to understand what a food addiction is and how to know if you have one. I feel that a food addiction is the compulsion to consume food whether aware or unaware at the time in a means other than for necessity. In other words: either consciously or subconsciously overeating; not for nourishment but for the simple fact to eat.

One day I was made aware of this discovery, which oddly enough occurred last month. I was eating my well-portioned lunch and was racing to finish it. Now, I was not in a hurry to leave, but I was in a hurry to finish it and move on to the next think I could eat. This, my friends, was my food addiction showing its ugly head. Luckily, I was able to slow down and finish my lunch without rushing through it and going for the next item I could grab.

If you experience this behavior, and I am not taking about a once in a blue moon kind of way (or if you have gone a very long time without food), you may have a food addiction. Fear not, there are natural ways to overcome it, and if you must keep eating, ways to naturally suppress your appetite so you will still give your brain the satisfaction of eating while keeping your caloric intake low.