Can You be Addicted to Sugar?
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This mouse loves sugar. He loves sugar so much that even after he’s eaten and should be pretty full, he crosses a metal platform that gives his feet electric shocks just to get a sweet reward. Sometimes our love of sugar makes us go a little overboard. We’ve all been in that situation where we’ve had one cookie and then suddenly… the whole pack is gone. And then… we crave more. So… can you be addicted to sugar? Let’s revisit our mouse friend – that brave little guy who risked his life just for some sugar dissolved in water. When he did this, a pathway was lighting up from the hunger and feeding region of his brain to another region important for motivation and reward. He’d developed a reward seeking habit. Looking at this pathway is l...
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This mouse loves sugar. He loves sugar so much that even after he’s eaten and should be pretty full, he crosses a metal platform that gives his feet electric shocks just to get a sweet reward. Sometimes our love of sugar makes us go a little overboard. We’ve all been in that situation where we’ve had one cookie and then suddenly… the whole pack is gone. And then… we crave more. So… can you be addicted to sugar? Let’s revisit our mouse friend – that brave little guy who risked his life just for some sugar dissolved in water. When he did this, a pathway was lighting up from the hunger and feeding region of his brain to another region important for motivation and reward. He’d developed a reward seeking habit. Looking at this pathway is l...
