Sugar as a drug

2024 Author: Seth Attwood | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 15:55

American scientists have recognized sugar as a drug

Scientists from the St. Luke Heart Institute (USA) and the non-profit organization Lahey Health have stated that sugar is addictive and narcotic. The researchers write that the effect of consuming the carbohydrate sucrose is similar to that of cocaine.

Scientists cite the results of a study of the behavior of rodents, who, between the drug and sugar, most often chose the latter.

Sugar changes the mood, stimulating the sense of pleasure, and provokes a person to search for sweets.

According to other scientists, sugar does cause health problems, but it does not contribute to this fatal addiction.

University of Cambridge psychiatrist Hisham Ziauddin claims the study authors misinterpreted the results of the experiments in mice. And he emphasizes that dependence is manifested in rodents only if the animals are given sugar for two hours every day. However, with free access to sweets, there are no signs of addiction.

Other researchers partially support the conclusions of scientists from the Heart Institute, noting that sugar is indeed a narcotic substance, but its effect, unlike cocaine, is weak and comparable to the effect of nicotine.

As you know, the famous French nutritionist Pierre Dukan is an ardent opponent of sugar consumption. He is convinced that sugar is the surest remedy for obesity and that today the entire world economy, with its advertising of universal consumption, urges us to consume foods containing large amounts of sugar "a lot, often and almost non-stop."

“Over the past 50 years, the world has literally turned upside down in terms of nutrition and consumption, and the problem of obesity and diabetes has become truly global.

The facts are inexorable - almost one and a half billion people in the world are overweight, and the attempts of scientists to somehow cope with this misfortune have so far failed, he notes.

Ducan comments that yes - many people dream of getting rid of extra pounds, which, in turn, lead to the spread of a number of diseases. And that the most popular way is to go on a diet. However, every third person, after such a grueling struggle with himself, gains weight again after a while, and sometimes the extra pounds become even more. So what is the cause of obesity? Is there a panacea?

“Today in Europe there is a fashion: eat whatever you want. And if you don’t indulge your desires, then you will be depressed,”sighs Dukan.

“But listen, who is telling us this? Sellers of goods. These appeals are heard from TV screens, from billboards, from the pages of fashion magazines.

From the moment you were born until about age 50, we are literally forced to eat freeze-dried foods, instant breakfasts, sugar and chemical fortified foods. And then, when the body "sits down" and already ceases to cope with all this, they will also actively offer you to take pills.

People just have to realize this and look towards healthy products."