hearlady
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Junk food is addicting on purpose. It raises dopamine in the brain. The feel-good hormone.Sounds like your stuck between a rock and a hard place. Damned if you do and damned if you don’t. I never figured out why some people like eating mounds of junk food. Was she raised in a family that had dessert after dinner every night? Does the like sitting down with a bowl of ice cream and a bag of chips? If she’s been eating this way most of her life, it’s unlikely she will change.
It’s probably best not to intervene, but maybe keep doing what your doing and not buying any junk food.
Not comfort food like Grandma's homemade chicken and dumplings. Comfort food like I need more of this to reach the dopamine level I need.
Junk food provides more of it. It doesn't satisfy hunger, it satisfies craving.
Like any drug, just say no.
And your right. Try to keep the junk out of the house as much as possible.