Fatty Foods May Cause Cocaine-Like Addiction 507
WrongSizeGlass writes "A new study in rats suggests that high-fat, high-calorie foods affect the brain in much the same way as cocaine and heroin. The rats that gorged themselves on the human food quickly became obese."
To quote the great Bob Saget (Score:5, Funny)
Human food (Score:5, Funny)
This is your brain. This is your brain on drugs. (Score:2, Funny)
Any questions?
Yeah, can I get mine over easy? It goes in the syringe better.
Re:To quote the great Bob Saget (Score:5, Funny)
Re:That explains a lot. (Score:2, Funny)
First post should have been OMNOMNOM!!
You think kicking food is hard, try sleep! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:To quote the great Bob Saget (Score:5, Funny)
Re:You think kicking food is hard, try sleep! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:That explains a lot. (Score:5, Funny)
"A new study in rats suggests that high-fat, high-calorie foods affect the brain in much the same way as cocaine and heroin.
Like heroin and alcohol, food is so addictive that the withdrawal symptoms can kill you! Just say NO to eating!
Re:Your just pissed because fat people live longer (Score:5, Funny)
The only place with less "socially acceptable" people is
Re:That happens when its BOTH high-fat and high-ca (Score:5, Funny)
the sugar lobby is weak (USA). That's why there is so damn much HFC in everything. It's the corn lobby that's strong
Although there appears to be (or have been at one time) a 'sugar Mafia'; years ago, in a restaurant, I noticed that the packets of sugar had an interesting set of statements on the back:
The last line had everyone at the table laughing at the mental image of the sugar Mafia coming around to strongarm cooks... "That's a tasty-looking cake you got there... be a shame if something happened to it."
Re:Headlines like that are not helping obese peopl (Score:1, Funny)
Balance is important (Score:2, Funny)
You need to balance your choices to achieve moderation. Eat the fatty, sugary stuff, but then take the cocaine to burn off the calories. Soon you'll reach your ideal weight.
Re:That happens when its BOTH high-fat and high-ca (Score:3, Funny)
Reminds me of this advertisment [google.com] in the July 23, 1956 issue of Life, claiming that eating sugar "...offers a new way to more effective weight control."
Re:That happens when its BOTH high-fat and high-ca (Score:3, Funny)
but crispy bacon in moderation
Now there's two things I never thought I'd see in the same sentence!