Addiction Dims Down the Pre-Frontal Cortex We are going to be exploring how sugar can be a gateway drug into food addiction, alcoholism, nicotine and harder drug addiction because of the impact the sweet stuff has on rewiring our brains and desensitising our dopamine receptors.
Introducing one of the world’s leaders in addiction therapies, Bitten Johnsson. Bitten is a nurse, a recovering addict herself and an addiction specialist. She is on a mission to free people from this painful illness and to decrease the shame and stigma around addiction.
We are going to be exploring how sugar can be a gateway drug into food addiction, alcoholism, nicotine and harder drug addiction because of the impact the sweet stuff has on rewiring our brains and desensitising our dopamine receptors.
Addiction is actually far more prevalent than you might think as we seek dopamine highs through social media, shopping, food and illegal drugs. These addictive behaviours often begin in childhood and escalate from one drug to another… Bitten shows us how a low carb approach can be used to heal the addicted brain. We start by discussing the reptilian brain, what Bitten calls the ‘red dog’ and how it attempts to persuade us towards immediate gratification and prevent us from achieving our goals. Even if you have no addictive tendencies this is an enlightening look into the biochemistry of the brain