Is fast food addictive? Yes, it is addictive. Do your children enjoy your Happy Meal? Well if they do, you’d better be worried. Scientists claim that that Hamburgers and French fries can be as addictive as heroin. Researchers in the US have found evidence to suggest people can become overly dependent on the sugar and fat in fast food.
1. You Crave For Sweet and Oily Food. Sugar is addictive in all ways; it triggers reactions in our bodies that make us feel very ‘high’ due to the insulin spike in our body. Combined with the fats which you get from fast food, they form the perfect combination that is almost as addictive as heroin. Bart G. Hoebel, a neuroscientist from Princeton University led a similar study into sugar addiction, which was published in the journal Obesity Research in June 2002. Rats were used and were gradually fed a diet with increasing amounts of sugar. The more sugar given, the quicker the rats ate it and when it was suddenly withdrawn from their food, they experienced “addiction-type” reactions, such as chattering teeth, anxiety and shaking.
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