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SUMMARY:Sugar\, Carbs & the Gateway Drug: What Addiction Medicine Missed — and What Bitten Jonsson’s Work Reveals
DESCRIPTION:Food addiction is one of the most misunderstood — and most politically inconvenient — conditions in modern medicine. Yet the data are clear: sugar and refined carbohydrates activate the same neurobiological pathways as alcohol and other addictive substances\, driving withdrawal\, compulsive use\, metabolic instability\, and long-term damage to the brain’s reward system. \nIn this 90-minute BSI Medical Society webinar\, world-renowned addiction specialist Bitten Jonsson\, Leg.SSK\, brings together four decades of clinical experience\, pioneering research\, and her groundbreaking work in biochemical repair and SUGAR-mapping — a diagnostic tool she developed to identify and classify sugar addiction with precision. \nBut Bitten’s story also exposes a deeper structural problem in global healthcare:\nshe built Sweden’s first food addiction treatment center\, achieved a verified 76% recovery rate\, received 375+ medical referrals\, and delivered outcomes traditional medicine couldn’t match. Her center was so effective that\, rather than expanding access\, the regional health authority shut it down.\nNot because it failed — but because it succeeded.\nToo many patients wanted help\, and the system wouldn’t fund treatment that worked. \nThis webinar will connect the dots the public health system refuses to confront: \nYou will learn: \n\nThe neurobiological mechanisms that make sugar a true gateway drug\nHow early-life sugar exposure reshapes neural pathways and primes lifelong dependency\nThe science behind biochemical repair and why metabolic instability drives addictive behavior\nWhy the addiction field still lacks a unified definition of food addiction\nHow current psychiatric and diet-industry models systematically misdiagnose and mistreat sugar dependence\nThe political and economic forces that prevent effective treatment from scaling\nHow sugar addiction intersects with alcoholism\, smoking\, binge behaviors\, and process addictions\nWhy ketogenic nutrition is often essential for stabilizing cravings and withdrawal\nWhat clinicians must understand to treat food addiction as a chronic brain disease\, not a moral or behavioral failing\n\nPlus: \nA live demonstration of Bitten’s SUGAR mapping diagnostic tool\, followed by an extended Q&A. \n\nBecome a member of The Medical Society today for access to this discussion and our entire archive of past sessions.
URL:https://brokenscience.org/event/sugar-carbs-the-gateway-drug-what-addiction-medicine-missed-and-what-bitten-jonssons-work-reveals/
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CATEGORIES:Medical,MetFix
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