[Your] favorite guilty pleasure snack may be just as addictive as cigarettes or heroin, a new study reveals.
An analysis of 281 studies in 36 countries, published in the British Medical Journal this month, found that your inability to put down the ice cream, chips and candy may have less to do with your self-control and more to do with the addictive quality of ultra-processed foods or UPFs.
“The combination of refined carbohydrates and fats often found in UPFs seems to have a supra-additive effect on brain reward systems, above either macronutrient alone, which may increase the addictive potential of these foods,” the study said.
Havnt we learned anything from past anti-drug campaigns?!
I can easily go a month with out chips. Now I feel I can easily kick heroin.
I had surgery few weeks back and was in a lot of pain. On the OR table, the surgeon was not ready yet but I asked the anesthesiologist to shoot up like 20% of anesthesia while we wait. He laughed and complied. Seriously, I was in heaven waiting for the surgeon to scrub in. I had no pain, no troubles, felt happy and loved, nice warm feeling of pure joy, Iwas at peace with everything. If that is what herion feels like, I totally understand the addiction.
Should have asked for a hand full of chips
I have my boundaries you sick junkie! We all know once you had chips, there is no going back.
Once you pop you can’t stop.
Betcha can’t eat just one!
… You know, maybe they are on to something.
Just my thought: I might try some heroin, after all I can avoid chips and ice cream for months without problem.
Try heroine, the lowcal treat!
Just because it’s as addictive to some doesn’t mean as addictive to you. I’d imagine genetics and personal life experience such as which your used to using as a vice would sway how addictive one or the other was
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Just the opposite for me and candy… 3 days is my max.