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Ice cream as 'addictive as cocaine'
Monday March 05, 2012 11:14:58 PM,
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London: Craving for
ice cream can be so strong it is similar to that experienced by
drug addicts, a study has found.
The research has sparked concerns that the dessert could be
genuinely addictive after it found the brain was left wanting more
ice cream in the same way as someone who regularly uses cocaine,
the Daily Mail reported Monday.
The results of the study now seem to support previous claims that
some people can become "addicted" to junk food.
The study, published online by the American Journal of Clinical
Nutrition, found that those who regularly ate ice cream needed
more and more to replicate the "high" they first experienced. This
mirrors the effect cocaine - and other class A drugs - has on
users, it was reported.
According to Kyle Burger, from the Oregon Research Institute,
overeating food with high fat and sugar seems to change the way
the brain responds to it, resulting in it downgrading the mental
"reward".
Burger, who is a co-author of the study, told The Telegraph: "This
down-regulation pattern is seen with frequent drug use, where the
more an individual uses the drug, the less reward they receive for
using it."
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