Friday, December 12, 2008
As Addictive as Cocaine - Sugar
I've had patients talk about "sugar addiction" and I know I have sugar cravings myself, (especially at night), but now there is a new study that reports sugar stimulates the same part of the brain that is activated in other addictions.Scientists from Princeton University showed that sugar caused neurochemical changes in the brains of rats in the same way as drugs that are abused. The animals