With BED, supposedly it's about instant gratification. That's likely why a lot of people binge on a specific type of food...like sweets or saltys. Some of it can even be an OCD behavior.

I do wish it was given nearly the same attention as the other eating disorders. It wasn't even until a couple of years ago that I heard of it and the specific markers (like eating well past being full, or binging in secret). But most people have never heard of it because "har har fat person".

This is also why I believe obesity should often be handled as a symptom of mental distress, not something that exists in a vacuum.

[–] addictedtochaos@lemm.ee 1 points 3 weeks ago

I privately think it has something to do with a broken glucose metabolism. basically, your cells are out of energy. so you have cravings for all kinds of stuff that ramps up your basic metabolic rate.

or you crave food. if you eat food, like with sugar and carbohydrates, your blood sugar is ramped up, if blood sugar has a spike, insulin gets released, and you need this insukline to push the glucose out of your blood in your cells, so you end up having energy. and that makes you happy.

so thats what i believe

alcohol gives you energy by the way, like. in the individal cell.

so the instant gratification is your cells having energy.