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US adult consumption of added sugar has increased by 30% over the past three decades, contributing to rising obesity rates. Added sugar is found in many foods beyond just sweets. Adults who consume one or more sugar-sweetened beverages per day are 27% more likely to be overweight or obese. Sugar causes high insulin and leptin resistance along with low ghrelin levels, disrupting the body's natural appetite controls and leading to overeating. Neurologically, sugar is addictive in a similar way to drugs like cocaine due to dopamine and opioid activity in the brain's reward center.
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- 3. Added Sugar and Overeating Sugar = Glucose and Fructose High Insulin levels Leptin Resistance Fructose does poor job reducing ghrelin levels Fructose does not lower blood flow in hypothalamus
- 4. Sugar Addiction Similar to commonly abused drugs such as cocaine, sugar causes opiate and dopamine activity in the reward center of the brain. After consuming sugar the brain becomes addicted to the release of its own opioids This is the case with drugs such as heroin and morphine as well. foods high in sugar such as the oreo cookie activate more nuerons in the brains pleasure center than most drugs In an experiment exposing rats to sugar they demonstrated addictive behaviors including binging, withdrawls, and cravings