Study: Sugar hidden in junk food eight times more addictive than cocaine. A junk food addiction is a lot more like a drug addiction than researchers previously thought.
They now claim sugar is eight times more addictive than cocaine. Dr. Nicole Avena of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai tells The Huffington Post that pizza is the most addictive food by far due to the hidden sugar you'll find in just once slice. The tomato sauce on the pizza, for example, can have more sugar than a few Oreos. Other extremely addictive foods are chips, cookies and ice cream. Cucumbers are the least addictive food, followed by carrots and beans. Dr. "Several studies really do suggest that highly-palatable, highly-processed foods can produce behaviors and changes in the brain that one would use to diagnose an addiction, like drugs and alcohol," Avena says. Cardiologist Dr. "When we eat wheat flour and sugar in processed foods, spikes our sugar, then insulin. So what should you eat? It's Okay to Be Smart. Use one of the services below to sign in to PBS: You've just tried to add this video to your Watchlist so you can watch it later.
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It could be an addictive itch begging to be scratched. Brain scans have confirmed that intermittent sugar consumption affects the brain in ways similar to certain drugs. A highly cited study in the journal Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews found that sugar—as pervasive as it is—meets the criteria for a substance of abuse and may be addictive to those who binge on it.
It does this by affecting the chemistry of the limbic system, the part of the brain that’s associated with emotional control. The study found that “intermittent access to sugar can lead to behavioral and neurochemical changes that resemble the effects of a substance of abuse.” It’s these findings that spurred Paul van der Velpen, head of Amsterdam's health services, to warn people that sugar is a drug, “just like alcohol and tobacco.” Dr. Are We, As a Whole, Addicted to Sugar? How Do You Kick the Habit? Is Sugar a Drug? Addiction Explained. Some studies claim to find that junk food is as addictive as drugs, but experts say that what actually determines how addictive something is, and whether an individual becomes addicted, is complex.
In the most recent headline-grabbing research, a study in rats found that a brain region important for pleasure was activated more strongly when the animals were exposed to Oreos compared to cocaine. A 2011 study found that the brains of people with "food addiction" reacted to junk food the same way that the brains of people with drug addictions react to drugs. But just because junk foods and drugs may activate the same area of the brain does not mean they are addicting, experts say. Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - Aspartame. 29. SpecialtyHealth - Dr. Tara Dall - Sugar is "toxic." Sugar: The Bitter Truth. Robert "Sugar: Bitter Truth" Lustig on ABCNews. Nutrition, Weight Loss, Glycemic Index, Carbs, Psychetruth. Sugar Is A Toxic Drug! NEVER eat it!!?
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