Posted on 10/15/2013 4:59:36 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Study: Oreo Cookies As Addictive As Cocaine
Research Indicates High Fat, High Sugar Foods Trigger Pleasure Center In Brain October 15, 2013 4:59 PM
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) Research out of Connecticut College shows that Americas Favorite Cookie may be as addictive as cocaine.
Connecticut College psychology professor Joseph Schroeder and four students studied in rats whether high fat, high sugar foods can be as addictive as drugs of abuse.
The research looked at the behaviors and the effects the cookies had on the brain.
We found that the behavior they exhibited was equally strong for Oreo cookies as it was for cocaine or morphine, Schroeder, the director of the Behavioral Neuroscience program at Connecticut College, told WCBS 880. When we looked in the pleasure center of the brain, we found that the Oreo cookies activated the pleasure center more so than cocaine would activate the same center.
The study came about when a student expressed interest in researching the obesity epidemic, noting that low-income areas tend to have a prevalence of fast-food options.
Overall, it lent support to the hypothesis that high fat, high sugar foods can be viewed in the same was as drugs of abuse and have addictive potential, Schroeder told WCBS 880. It could be used to explain why some people have a problem staying away from foods that they know they shouldnt eat or that they know are addictive.
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Lonnie Mack - one of the best! Thanks for the Oreo Cookie Blues!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-BVUJmaa9I
>> Commercial milk is toxic.
Ever notice the shelf-life of organic milk is greater than commercial?
The weasel word “may” in first sentence mysteriously missing from otherwise identical phrase of headline. Surely (DON’T call me shirley!) a simple oversight.
OTOH, this is a GOOD thing, because this research shows a readily available, cheap cure for meth-heads: lock them in a rubber room with no meth, and a pallet of Oreos.
Milk is the gateway drug to Oreo abuse.
Everything that you enjoy doing is addictive to some extent.
Some people enjoy eating cookies.
For other people, it’s scamming money out of the government to do “research”.
Grant money is as addictive as Oreos.
I put two groups of psychologists in separate rooms, and hooked them up to brain scanners. I showed one group pictures of naked women eating Oreos; and the other group photos of naked women handing out grant applications.
The same areas of the brain showed spikes in activity in both groups....
That's because it's processed at a much higher temperature than non-organic milk. They do this to create a longer shelf life because the product has to be transported much greater distances.
Organic is a marketing term, not a scientific one. The same people who sing the praises of organic milk will cast scorn upon the pasteurization process because it allegedly kills good things in the milk. These same people are oblivious to the fact that organic milk is pasteurized at a much higher temperature than regular milk.
Organic is the best fleecing scam unleashed on consumers in generations.
Oh, he knows. He knows along with the rest of the nanny statists.
Don't get me started on oxygen.....
The chef is here. Good eats for everyone.
'La bonne cuisine est la base du véritable bonheur.' - Auguste Escoffier
(Good food is the foundation of genuine happiness.)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
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