The 10 Most Addictive Foods

10. White Bread

White bread was one of the worst things you have in your fridge. It's made with refined flour, which has been stripped of the bran, the germ, and all of the nutrients normally present
in bread.

9. Donuts

8. Pasta

We eat way too much of this starchy childhood favorite—and then we drench it in butter, salt, and cheese. The typical Italian portion can fit in a teacup; American portions are closer to plate size.

7. Cake

6. Chips

Chips are ridiculously high in fat and salt, but that doesn't stop with the notoriously greasy brands. Even baked veggie chips are packed with fat and many mainstream chip brands list sugar on their ingredients lists.

5. Cookies

According to a research review, merely seeing tempting food releases dopamine. Indulge and your brain gets a boost from that happy hormone, priming you to want more (and more, and more.) Cookies, too, typically contain the three temptresses in one place. It would take an iron will to resist that.

4. Chocolate

Handle this potent stuff with care.  Self-identified chocoholics had physical,
behavioral, and emotional responses to chocolate that closely resembled those
of drug addicts to their drugs.

3. French Fries

French fries are a dieter's nightmare.  They're the apex of the sugar-fat-salt
triumvirate: salted, fatty, and with a touch of natural sugar.

2. Candy

The sugary foods you're exposed to in utero and throughout childhood make kids love—and crave—more sugar

1. Ice Cream

Animal studies have shown that high consumption of processed treats like ice cream may reduce the appeal of foods that were once considered rewarding, like watermelon. That's because it shifts our brain's hedonic set point. Once that happens, the only way to get your fix is, well, more ice cream.

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