Nov 2 - Junk food is Almost as Addictive as Heroin, scientists have found

A diet of burgers, chips, sausages and cake will programme your brain into craving even more foods that are high in sugar, salt and fat, according to new research.

Over the years these junk foods can become a substitute for happiness and will lead bingers to become addicted.

Dr Paul Kenny, a neuroscientist, carried out the research which shows how dangerous high fat and high sugar foods can be to our health .

“You lose control. It’s the hallmark of addiction,” he said.

The researchers believe it is one of the first studies to suggest brains may react in the same way to junk food as they do to drugs.

“This is the most complete evidence to date that suggests obesity and drug addiction have common neuro-biological foundations,” said Paul Johnson, Dr Kenny’s work colleague.

Dr Kenny, who began his research at Guy’s Hospital, London, but now works at Florida’s Scripps Research Institute, divided rats into three groups for his research, due to be published in teh US soon.

One got normal amounts of healthy food to eat. Another lot was given restricted amounts of junk food and the third group was given unlimited amounts of junk, including cheesecake, fatty meat products, and cheap sponge cakes and chocolate snacks.

There were no adverse effects on the first two groups, but the rats who ate as much junk food as they wanted quickly became very fat and started bingeing.

When researchers electronically stimulated the part of the brain that feels pleasure, they found that the rats on unlimited junk food needed more and more stimulation to register the same level of pleasure as the animals on healthier diets.

Junk food as 'addictive as drugs' - Telegraph

if you're a fookin fat ass that is

heyy im a slim guy, and i cant get enuff junk food, especially off a blunt or 2 im goin to cash the corner store out lol

ah well life goes on

Same here, and i don't even smoke no more...

I believe that. America has some addictive snacks man.

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"Once you pop, you can't stop!"

THEY already know

no, you're just a f**king fatass

put the fork down, and do what you need to do you lazy motherf**kers

The American Lifestyle, u gatta love it baby

no f**king s**t!

I'm skinny and kill s**tty food always lol
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as heroin? that seems a bit fesicious...i doubt fat asses have shakes, vomit, and aches if they don't get their daily twinkee.

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That's funny. You might be right, but let me tell you, from a person that lost 100lbs so far, a brotha was going through some serious anxiety, tremors, headaches, b**chassness and nausea when I gave up all simple carbs (sugar, white flour, white pasta, etc) except fruit. I pretty much eat a low fat diet and eat the right carbs. 6 months later, I am good and will not go back. I pretty much had to rewire mysef. The article is pretty accurate which is pretty sad. People do form a dependency and it does have a lot to do with your pesonality as well. It's easy when people say stop being lazy, but that s**t has nothing to do with laziness when you are dealing with an addiction.

haha, soon in schools itll be "just say no to drugs, and candy.". s**ts funny man. dont think its as addictive as herion tho, i think thats a stretch. it has the same addictive qualities, its not as addictive.
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Im sayin'...........my lil ass has been living off peanut M&Ms and Popeyes for the past year.........

lprops


"Bet ya cant eat just one?!"

^^^ they already kno that if you have just one, ull prolly have withdrawal symptoms shortly after and eat another, thats science!!

not those exact symptoms but they do get irritable, annoying,angry faster,inconsiderate,loud stomach growls,sweat profusely,make rude comments and are a general bother to work with

if you want the secret to getting something from a fat ass start the convo right before lunch time, theyll say watever just so they can go back to eating! thats addict behaviour

I'm skinny and hardly ever gain any weight and I eat what eva I want when eva ya dig? Im soo addicted to Hot pop corn and flamin hotz

^^^stank ass breath nigga