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In this episode of The Muscle Memoirs Podcast, I am joined by Dr. Ashley Gearhardt to discuss if the concept of food addiction helps inform the understanding of overeating and obesity.  Ashley Gearhardt, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Psychology in the Clinical Science area at the University of Michigan. While working on her doctorate in clinical psychology at Yale University, Dr. Gearhardt became interested in the possibility that certain foods may be capable of triggering an addictive process. To explore this further, she developed the Yale Food Addiction Scale (YFAS) to operationalize addictive eating behaviors. Her areas of research also include investigating how food advertising activates reward systems to drive eating behavior and the development of food preferences and eating patterns in infants. References The concept of "food addiction" helps inform the understanding of overeating and obesity: YESThe concept of "food addiction" helps inform the understanding of overeating and obesity: Debate ConsensusLow carbohydrate ketogenic therapy as a metabolic treatment for binge eating and ultraprocessed food addictionHuman protein status modulates brain reward responses to food cuesDevelopment of the Highly Processed Food Withdrawal ScaleFood Addiction in Eating Disorders and obesity: Analysis of Clusters and Implications for Treatment Timestamps00:00 Introduction01:50 Why should food addiction be considered a valid concept? 05:38 Risk factors for addiction10:33 An issue of semantics 17:00 Are withdrawal and tolerance required criteria to label food as addictive?24:35 What are the potential benefits of labeling foods as addictive? 32:10 Could labeling foods as addictive excuse the need for other, potentially more advantageous, changes to the food environment?35:40 Could labeling foods as addictive increase rates of disordered eating behavior?43:10 Ketogenic diet to treat binge eating disorder and food addiction56:10 A low protein diet may exaggerate the reward response to ultraprocessed food01:00:40 The composition of addictive substances You can follow and support Dr. Gearhardt at:Website: https://fastlab.psych.lsa.umich.edu/ Sign-up for virtual nutrition counseling and personal training:Website: hammerawayfitness.comIG: https://www.instagram.com/hammerawayfitness/Hammer Away Newsletter Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/themusclememoirs)