According to a recent study by students at Connecticut College, rats undergo higher trips on Oreo filling than on cocaine or morphine. Researchers measured the reactions in the rats’ brains and found that “Oreos activated significantly more neurons” than cocaine. “This correlated well with our behavioral results and lends support to the hypothesis that high-fat/high-sugar foods are addictive,” Joseph Schroeder, associate professor of psychology at Connecticut College, said. Sugar addiction is already hard-wired into humans. Humans
Posted on: Sun, 24 Aug 2014 01:56:33 +0000
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