Andrew Huberman· PhD
the Food Industry adds fructose to a great many foods, making them addictive by virtue of the similar effects of fructose to drugs such as cocaine, heroin, amphetamines, etc. on the brain.
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the Food Industry adds fructose to a great many foods, making them addictive by virtue of the similar effects of fructose to drugs such as cocaine, heroin, amphetamines, etc. on the brain.
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so it is addictive anything that stimulates the reward center in the extreme is addictive
kids are out of control if they're not getting their fix of food and you hear this from parents all the time I really have sympathy for parents because they're literally dealing with drug addicts they're literally dealing with drug addicts
because fructose is addictive activates the nucleus cumbin the reward center of the brain in the same way that cocaine heroin nicotine alcohol do and drive dopamine receptors down just like nicotine you know alcohol you know cocaine heroin do