Food addiction

Food addiction is a pattern in which highly processed foods, rich in sugar, fat and salt, seem to set off addiction-like responses in the brain's reward system, and it is often identified with the Yale Food Addiction Scale. Among supplements, NAC and omega-3 fatty acids are the ones most often studied for it, but little research on them for this pattern has been reviewed here so far. The idea is still debated, so it is too early to say whether any supplement helps.