Are you kidding? Anyone who's ever had a hot Krispy Kreme, or the aji sauce at Maria's Chicken, or Alessi's pizza knows that food addiction is real!
Seriously, though, I can easily see where training the body to expect certain chemical triggers — sugar and salt and fat and the like — could turn into addiction. I just need a little something to keep me going, maybe a small fries, or even just a half a Snicker's. C'mon, help a brother out. Ooops, I forgot I said "seriously".
This article appears in Jul 4-10, 2007.