It should come as no surprise to anyone that Oreo cookies were found to be as addictive as cocaine in a recent study. Our bodies are wired to like sugary, fatty foods, but it's not a habit that can't be kicked, according to New York City Dr. Timothy Morley, whose work includes helping women use nutrition to regulate hormone health.
"The first step in curing a sugar or fat addiction is, like with any addiction, realize you have it," said Morley. "This is difficult because we don't generally think of food as being biologically addictive like a drug, but it can be."
A research team at Connecticut College in New London conducted an experiment on rats using a maze with rice cakes on one side and Oreos on the other. The rats were observed on both sides of the maze.
"Just like humans, rats don't seem to get much pleasure out of eating rice cakes," Joseph Schroeder, who led the research team, told UPI.com. http://www.latimes.com/food/dailydish/la-dd-oreo-cookies-addictive-cocaine-20131016,0,3166408.story#axzz2iWHf1jXH
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