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Fatty Foods May Cause Cocaine-Like Addiction

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the you-ever-snort-a-twinkie dept.

WrongSizeGlass writes "A new study in rats suggests that high-fat, high-calorie foods affect the brain in much the same way as cocaine and heroin. The rats that gorged themselves on the human food quickly became obese."

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  1. Re:That happens when its BOTH high-fat and high-ca by smithmc · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Alaska? Nevada? Montana?

    You mean, places that generally receive more Federal money than they pay? (As opposed to places like New York that pay more in Federal taxes than they get back?) Your recipe for "freedom" is to be a ward of the Federal government?

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