6 steps to snap your junk food addiction

2. Replace junk food with less addictive foods you like.

Once you taste one of your junk food triggers, it’s hard to control yourself. That’s because they create an addictive response in your body that makes you want to binge. But there are certainly other foods you like that don’t trigger addictive, out-of-control eating.

Maybe you have a hard time controlling yourself when you eat pasta, for example. But you like brown rice too and can eat that without overdoing it. Choose foods that you enjoy, but not in a compulsive way.

Read: How to break free from addictive foods

Jenny Smiechowski

By Jenny Smiechowski

Jenny Smiechowski is a Chicago-based freelance writer who specializes in health, nutrition and the environment. Her work has appeared in online and print publications like Chicagoland Gardening magazine, Organic Lifestyle Magazine, BetterLife Magazine, TheFix.com, Hybridcars.com and Seedstock.com.

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