Everyone Has An Addiction

David Mokotoff, MD
4 min readJun 6, 2020

Mine is carbs. Not as lethal as drugs or alcohol, but the mechanisms triggering it in the brain are the same.

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Like many others, I have had trouble with my weight the past few months. I found the only way to control it is to count my calories daily. Yesterday I ordered a cup of soup and half a sandwich from Panera. Their website posts the calories of everything they sell. I was happy that my order came in under 500…

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David Mokotoff, MD

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