November 2018 PMID 30464748

Sugar Addiction: From Evolution to Revolution.

David A Wiss, Nicole Avena, Pedro Rada

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The overall discussion demonstrates strong support for sugar addiction as a legitimate phenomenon, with posts citing multiple scientific studies, such as the 2018 review confirming solid evidence, and personal reflections like realizing one's own addiction. The tone is serious and investigative, emphasizing evidence and societal implications, contributing to the recognition of sugar's potential dangers and motivating further research and awareness.

AgreementModerate agreement

Most discussions support the idea that sugar addiction is real and significant, citing evidence and studies that reinforce the publication’s conclusions.

InterestHigh interest

The engaging tone and frequent references to evidence and personal realization indicate high curiosity and concern about sugar's role in health.

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Many contributors discuss scientific studies, share personal experiences, and emphasize the importance of research, showing deep involvement.

ImpactModerate impact

The discussions suggest the publication is influencing opinions and encouraging further exploration of sugar's effects, though direct societal change is still developing.

Abstract in brief

The obesity epidemic is influenced by factors such as a sedentary lifestyle and the abundance of cheap, tasty food options.
The review explores how certain nutrients, particularly sugar, can lead to habits or addictions that contribute to obesity, focusing on evolutionary aspects of feeding and the brain's reward systems.
It examines the role of neurotransmitters like dopamine and acetylcholine in eating behaviors and discusses the evidence surrounding sugar addiction within the larger framework of food addiction.

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Cortar Todo o Açúcar é REALMENTE Bom para Saúde? (Desafio de 14 Dias)

Cardio DF — Cardiologia e saúde cardiovascular em Brasília (DF) · Nov 26, 2025 331,797 views

How Sugar Causes Addiction and Affects Your Brain

Discover what happens in the brain when we consume sugar and why it's hard to stop after eating chocolate or gummies. This video explores the neurological impacts of sugar, its addictive potential, and health effects…

DR. FLOJO · Oct 13, 2021 5,585 views

Understanding Sugar Addiction and Its Impact on Obesity

The obesity epidemic is influenced by factors such as a sedentary lifestyle and the abundance of cheap, tasty food options. This review explores how certain nutrients, particularly sugar, can lead to habits or…

MEDplus Україна · Nov 19, 2023 2,801 views

Understanding Sugar Addiction and Its Impact on Health

This video addresses sugar addiction We want to address a relatively overlooked kind of addiction that is predominant in todays society and people may be completely unaware of it. It highlights how excessive sugar…

Demystifying Medicine McMaster · Feb 10, 2021 761 views

Understanding Sugar Addiction: Behavioral and Biochemical Perspectives

This video introduces a novel idea to consider how sugar can lead to a dependence causing a sort of sugar addiction. It explores behavioral psychology, biochemical mechanisms, diagnosis, and treatment implications of…

Demystifying Research McMaster · Apr 10, 2024 143 views

Overlap of Eating and Substance Use Disorders in Clinical Practice

This video explores the high overlap between eating disorders and substance use disorders, emphasizing how addiction history influences disordered eating behaviors and brain reward responses.

Wise Mind Nutrition · Sep 14, 2022 74 views

Adosus

@AdosusTheGreat · X

@shiiroowo @Dave82697460350 @AnnaJane_1982 @RonFilipkowski @grok That's why they use it to cure alcohol and opiate addiction. Did you even read the link? Send me a medical paper not ai

Jun 20, 2025 · 174 followers View post →

le sel dans la soupe

@cafkaien · X

@ProffeTania @CoccS https://t.co/TKWxwFH2JU “Enfin, il existe des preuves solides de l'existence d'une dépendance au sucre, tant au niveau préclinique que clinique. Notre modèle a démontré que cinq des onze critères SUD sont remplis”

Jan 13, 2025 · 1 like · 120 followers View post →

Esperluverte

@esperluverte.fr · Bluesky

[4] Voir par exemple Benton D. (2010) The plausibility of sugar addiction and its role in obesity and e@†ing d¡sorders. In Clin Nutr 29:288–303. [5] Wiss et al. (2018) Sugar Addiction: From Evolution to Revolution. In Front. Psychiatry 9:545.

Jan 11, 2025 · 1 like · 2 shares View post →

Kirill A. Korinsky

@KirillKorinsky · X

@aviahate @Rayegan_weiss @milosz_szewsky Наша разница в том что я читаю тот же pubmeb. Вот, например, не плохая статья про зависимость к сахару (и как вы верно заметили углеводам): https://t.co/I778zfcvSz Или вот еще одна: https://t.co/XLX6lmQzdY Прошу заметить что воздействие напоминает опиоиды.

Nov 6, 2024 · 580 followers View post →

Tigger Tigger burning bright

@TiggerBurning · X

@fazliakhmetov42 @dove_raa Разумеется, а в чём проблема? Если нужны детали по этой зависимости, включая биологические и физиологические механизмы, то вот неплохой обзор. https://t.co/4JJ93eCi5j

Nov 18, 2023 · 4,186 followers View post →

Nathan Klipfel

@fellowshipnate · X

@lean_minded https://t.co/e6CZ7ONUR2

Oct 27, 2023 · 180 followers View post →

Guy Pernès

@PernesGuy · X

Aug 26, 2023 · 3 likes · 573 followers View post →

Rodri Tanoto (陳曉陽)

@RodriChen · X

Referensi: https://t.co/QUTXHunkhq https://t.co/2b6eQ06oUj

Dec 14, 2022 · 2 likes · 31,522 followers View post →

Brilliant_minds

@Brendle01374371 · X

RT @MedEckardt: https://t.co/AQyULXqhz1

Sep 30, 2022 · 1 share · 91 followers View post →

John Rogers

@ronnytodgers · X

@cjsnowdon @sinichol But there's certainly evidence that it's an issue for a significant group of people. Now alcohol is pretty similar, in fact the number of people who develop a problematic relationship is a lot smaller https://t.co/SdjPGkpfF3

Sep 24, 2022 · 353 followers View post →

Dr. Philip Eckardt, MD

@MedEckardt · X

https://t.co/AQyULXqhz1

Sep 24, 2022 · 1 share · 1,179 followers View post →

Dr. Philip Eckardt, MD

@MedEckardt · X

@robertlufkinmd Also the focus needs to be put on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB). That is the main problem! And here the problem won’t be solved by artificial sweeteners. Just drink water/tea/coffee. https://t.co/AQyULXqhz1

Sep 24, 2022 · 1 like · 1,179 followers View post →

Antonio Rosa

@antoniotherose · X

@TheNutrivore Sugar is half-addictive. "Five out of eleven criteria for substance use disorder are met, specifically: use of larger amounds and for longer than intended, craving, hazardous use, tolerance and withdrawal." https://t.co/t8FL8llYee

Aug 6, 2022 · 87 followers View post →

Lonni Besançon

@lonnibesancon · X

Mar 27, 2022 · 2 likes · 14,948 followers View post →

Ronald J R Fidelis

@fidelis_r · X

Sugar Addiction: From Evolution to Revolution https://t.co/aVVkTwQKGz Saiba mais sobre o Vício em Açúcar

Mar 23, 2022 · 31 followers View post →

د. عمار تنكل

@DrAmmarTonkal · X

Feb 28, 2022 · 4 likes · 66,529 followers View post →

KumaTea

@KumaTea0 · X

@ShinoharaChizu @vonhyou 禁止乱讲

Jul 27, 2021 · 8 likes · 7,369 followers View post →

Chris

@vercheckt · X

May 11, 2021 · 3 likes · 867 followers View post →

:|R

@rodewbf · X

Sugar Addiction: From Evolution to Revolution https://t.co/fkd9Ynd9mA

Mar 16, 2021 · 165 followers View post →

Rurudovos

@rurudovos · X

@andreinski Este otro más reciente (2018) concluye: hay pruebas sólidas de la existencia de la adicción al azúcar, tanto a nivel preclínico como clínico. https://t.co/A2FCopFMrM

Feb 18, 2021 · 1 like · 239 followers View post →

Dra. Teraiza Mesa R Cuenta Oficial ®

@Dra_TeraizaMesa · X

Sugar Addiction: From Evolution to Revolution Adicción al azúcar https://t.co/2EuAqIMJvi

Jan 8, 2021 · 9,071 followers View post →

anel de couro cravejado 18k

@lfernando_f · X

ref 3. sobre o papel evolutivo do açúcar e o papel psiquiátrico na sociedade contemporânea, considerando a alta disponibilidade; também fala do papel da acetilcolina, um dos neurotransmissores com papel antagonista ("saciedade") ao sistema dopaminérgico https://t.co/oWjRXZVQGI

Dec 28, 2020 · 2 likes · 2,197 followers View post →

Michelle Hurn Low Carb RD and Ultra Runner

@MichelleHurnRD · X

Really interesting critical review on Food and Sugar Addiction. Perhaps we should take a hard look at sugar and processed carbs as potentially causing harm? @TimNoakes #foodaddiction #sugaraddiction https://t.co/GRMki92BLr https://t.co/15QQTaO8Md

Oct 15, 2020 · 15,953 followers View post →

Aleja

@alejaendocrino · X

Sugar Addiction: From Evolution to Revolution https://t.co/APn9BsSEh3

Dec 23, 2019 · 2 likes · 661 followers View post →

VOC Nederland

@vocnederland · X

@K212Utr @PieterHog @Vera_Bergkamp @D66 Zie ook: Sugar Addiction: From Evolution to Revolution https://t.co/2Wcr6t8ABG

Sep 23, 2019 · 10,459 followers View post →

Dr Andrew Huang 黄延祺

@DrAndrewHuang · X

"There is strong evidence of the existence of sugar addiction, both at preclinical and clinical level." I'm realising I'm addicted to sugar too. Got to kick the sweet tooth. https://t.co/Ri4dKAvEW5

Aug 2, 2019 · 1,316 followers View post →

Sheila Shea

@sheacolonics · X

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Jun 11, 2019 · 344 followers View post →

Aleja

@alejaendocrino · X

@Roble574 @AurelioSuarez https://t.co/F38zYbrLU6

Jun 11, 2019 · 661 followers View post →

AnaCata

@anacatasuarez · X

Si las Universidades no asumen el reto de investigar los diferentes aspectos de la alimentación, nadie lo va a hacer! Frontiers | Sugar Addiction: From Evolution to Revolution | Psychiatry https://t.co/DrgtVGPknB

Jun 10, 2019 · 2 likes · 1,730 followers View post →

Aleja

@alejaendocrino · X

@gmonterofarias @petrogustavo https://t.co/F38zYbrLU6

Jun 10, 2019 · 1 like · 661 followers View post →

Aleja

@alejaendocrino · X

@iris_luna_m @MesaConS @BluRadioCo https://t.co/F38zYbrLU6

Jun 10, 2019 · 2 likes · 661 followers View post →

Aleja

@alejaendocrino · X

Sugar addiction free full text https://t.co/F38zYbrLU6

Jun 10, 2019 · 1 like · 661 followers View post →

mintavillalba

@mintavillalba · X

@cuervoji @Lynx_Arya @petrogustavo Yo creo que es bueno empaparse un poco de los temas de los que se habla, que el internet sirva más que para cargar seguidores, digo. https://t.co/QGIXGVPyqI

Jun 9, 2019 · 2 likes · 7,935 followers View post →

L. Sal Guidry, PhD

@sgcalories · X

Is sugar addiction real? This review article argues that it is and it has played a role in the obesity epidemic. https://t.co/yZtpeVeD2G #addiction #food #addictionrecovery #healthcare

May 16, 2019 · 1 like · 934 followers View post →

Kristen Jakobitz

@KristenJakobitz · X

@CalineMattar https://t.co/wjhSGe3o1J https://t.co/zDsFCETtoh https://t.co/NSEK5QoEnZ How many would you like? I do not falsify information. My intentions are to educate and bring awareness.

May 6, 2019 · 1 like · 19,451 followers View post →

Angela Velasco

@AngelaVelasco1 · X

RT @AlbaAndreuDN: #SugarAddiction : From Evolution to Revolution | Psychiatry ⁦@DavidAWiss⁩ https://t.co/1GbMBkN5N5

Apr 23, 2019 · 3 shares · 374 followers View post →

Dra. Iris Luna

@irislunaoficial · X

RT @iris_luna_m: Sugar Addiction: From Evolution to Revolution https://t.co/xfkD3D6CxF

Apr 22, 2019 · 1 share · 1,992 followers View post →

Dra. Iris Luna

@irislunaoficial · X

Sugar Addiction: From Evolution to Revolution https://t.co/xfkD3D6CxF

Apr 22, 2019 · 2 likes · 1 share · 1,992 followers View post →

David Wiss, PhD, RDN, IFMCP

@Drdavidwiss · X

RT @AlbaAndreuDN: #SugarAddiction : From Evolution to Revolution | Psychiatry ⁦@DavidAWiss⁩ https://t.co/1GbMBkN5N5

Apr 22, 2019 · 3 shares · 1,529 followers View post →

Juan Pablo Arenas

@arenasjp · X

RT @AlbaAndreuDN: #SugarAddiction : From Evolution to Revolution | Psychiatry ⁦@DavidAWiss⁩ https://t.co/1GbMBkN5N5

Apr 22, 2019 · 3 shares · 2,515 followers View post →

Alba Andreu Martí

@AlbaAndreuDN · X

#SugarAddiction : From Evolution to Revolution | Psychiatry ⁦@DavidAWiss⁩ https://t.co/1GbMBkN5N5

Apr 22, 2019 · 2 likes · 3 shares · 1,551 followers View post →

Sugar Addiction: From Evolution to Revolution.

Mentions per month

Where it's discussed

What people are saying

Abstract in brief

Top posts

All mentions

Cortar Todo o Açúcar é REALMENTE Bom para Saúde? (Desafio de 14 Dias)

How Sugar Causes Addiction and Affects Your Brain

Understanding Sugar Addiction and Its Impact on Obesity

Understanding Sugar Addiction and Its Impact on Health

Understanding Sugar Addiction: Behavioral and Biochemical Perspectives

Overlap of Eating and Substance Use Disorders in Clinical Practice