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Fatty Foods May Cause Cocaine-Like Addiction
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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Oh, few... At first I read that as rats gorging themselves on human fat. Wait a minute... maybe the end of the world will come when rats get a cocaine-like addiction to eating humans. Everybody PANIC!
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First post should have been OMNOMNOM!!
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I believe the article...food is very addictive. I try and try, but still I keep coming back for food. It's a very persistent addiction. When I try to quit, I get cravings that manifest themselves as dizzyness and gnawing pain in my abdomen. Seemingly the only way to stop the torment is to cave in and eat food. Water is difficult too; I try to tell myself that I don't need it and don't want it anymore but when I finally cave and have a drink of water it feels so refreshing going down that it's like ecstasy. It's that satiated, comfortable and full feeling that keeps me crawling back to the Brita pitcher. But an addiction even worse than food or drink is sleep. No matter how hard I try, I just can't seem to kick the habit. I always seem to doze off eventually, craving the sweet solitude of REM and the rested afterglow. I have a long way to go but one day hope to be addiction-free.
"A new study in rats suggests that high-fat, high-calorie foods affect the brain in much the same way as cocaine and heroin.
Like heroin and alcohol, food is so addictive that the withdrawal symptoms can kill you! Just say NO to eating!
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the sugar lobby is weak (USA). That's why there is so damn much HFC in everything. It's the corn lobby that's strong
Although there appears to be (or have been at one time) a 'sugar Mafia'; years ago, in a restaurant, I noticed that the packets of sugar had an interesting set of statements on the back:
The last line had everyone at the table laughing at the mental image of the sugar Mafia coming around to strongarm cooks... "That's a tasty-looking cake you got there... be a shame if something happened to it."
Yeah, all fat people act, behave, and interpret information the exact same way.
You need to balance your choices to achieve moderation. Eat the fatty, sugary stuff, but then take the cocaine to burn off the calories. Soon you'll reach your ideal weight.
Reminds me of this advertisment in the July 23, 1956 issue of Life, claiming that eating sugar "...offers a new way to more effective weight control."
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but crispy bacon in moderation
Now there's two things I never thought I'd see in the same sentence!