# 'addiction' to highly palatable food

**URL:** <https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/addiction-to-highly-palatable-food/1395>\
**Category:** Nutrition Q&A \[Moderated\]\
**Created:** [March 29, 2018, 3:09pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/addiction-to-highly-palatable-food/1395 "2018-03-29T15:09:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![synnfusion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@synnfusion](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/synnfusion)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2018, 3:09pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/addiction-to-highly-palatable-food/1395/1 "2018-03-29T15:09:10Z")

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If you’re someone who is addicted (in a non strict non medical sense of the word) to highly palatable foods and therefore have trouble controlling calorie intake, can you actually change your tendency towards highly palatable foods if you avoid them for a while in favor of fibrous fruits, veggies, etc? As an extreme example I’ve heard of people eating potatoes for a period of time and then no longer desiring burgers, cake, etc.

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**Author:** ![Jordan\_Feigenbaum](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.barbellmedicine.com/jordan_feigenbaum/32/1315_2.png) [@Jordan\_Feigenbaum](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Jordan_Feigenbaum)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2018, 4:10pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/addiction-to-highly-palatable-food/1395/2 "2018-03-31T16:10:31Z")

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If you do not expose yourself to the _trigger,_ you may not have the same reaction to it/desire for it as before. Sure, that’s reasonable.