Are You Becoming a Sugar Addict?
6pkdreamer
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This may shed some light as to which macros you should be watching-
part of Queensland University of Technology 7 April 2016-
“Excess sugar consumption has been proven to contribute directly to weight gain.
It has also been shown to repeatedly elevate dopamine levels which control the brain's reward and pleasure centres in a way that is similar to many drugs of abuse including tobacco, cocaine and morphine.
“After long-term consumption, this leads to the opposite, a reduction in dopamine levels. This leads to higher consumption of sugar to get the same level of reward.
“We have also found that as well as an increased risk of weight gain, animals that maintain high sugar consumption and binge eating into adulthood may also face neurological and psychiatric consequences affecting mood and motivation.
“Our study found that Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved drugs like varenicline, a prescription medication trading as Champix which treats nicotine addiction, can work the same way when it comes to sugar cravings.”
PhD researcher Masroor Shariff said the study also put artificial sweeteners under the spotlight.
“Interestingly, our study also found that artificial sweeteners such as saccharin could produce effects similar to those we obtained with table sugar, highlighting the importance of reevaluating our relationship with sweetened food per se,” said Mr Shariff.
“Like other drugs of abuse, withdrawal from chronic sucrose exposure can result in an imbalance in dopamine levels and be as difficult as going ‘cold turkey’ from them,” she said.
Full article- https://www.qut.edu.au/news/news?news-id=103307
part of Queensland University of Technology 7 April 2016-
“Excess sugar consumption has been proven to contribute directly to weight gain.
It has also been shown to repeatedly elevate dopamine levels which control the brain's reward and pleasure centres in a way that is similar to many drugs of abuse including tobacco, cocaine and morphine.
“After long-term consumption, this leads to the opposite, a reduction in dopamine levels. This leads to higher consumption of sugar to get the same level of reward.
“We have also found that as well as an increased risk of weight gain, animals that maintain high sugar consumption and binge eating into adulthood may also face neurological and psychiatric consequences affecting mood and motivation.
“Our study found that Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved drugs like varenicline, a prescription medication trading as Champix which treats nicotine addiction, can work the same way when it comes to sugar cravings.”
PhD researcher Masroor Shariff said the study also put artificial sweeteners under the spotlight.
“Interestingly, our study also found that artificial sweeteners such as saccharin could produce effects similar to those we obtained with table sugar, highlighting the importance of reevaluating our relationship with sweetened food per se,” said Mr Shariff.
“Like other drugs of abuse, withdrawal from chronic sucrose exposure can result in an imbalance in dopamine levels and be as difficult as going ‘cold turkey’ from them,” she said.
Full article- https://www.qut.edu.au/news/news?news-id=103307
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Awesome, there were not enough threads about how evil sugar is on these boards lately.0
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Excess calories create weight gain, no matter where they come from.
Also, sugar is not cocaine, and I had no withdrawals cutting massive amounts of chocolate, ice cream, heavily sugared coffee and soda from my diet cold turkey. If massive amounts of cocaine were my problem, it wouldn't have gone so smoothly.0 -
No, just no...0
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But I'm a rat0
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That first sentence is already incorrect, how is one supposed to take anything in that article seriously?0
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Sugar isn't evil.
The only thing that leads to weight gain is calories in calories out. Sugar has 18kcal per tbs. Eating empty calories of sugar on top of normal food consumption is obviously going to lead to weight gain.
The correlation between addiction and dopamine is very complex. Some people are naturally more sensitive to dopamine changes (me), and therefore if I'm feeling anxious, my dopamine levels are higher than normal leading me to make bad food decisions or smoke cigarettes, both leading to more dopamine.
Anything has the capacity to increase dopamine, gambling, for example, is not a drug... But releases dopamine.
And I love how they pick one type of sweetener, aspartame which has been proven time and time again to be safe in humans.. And yet Americans are convinced it causes cancer.
Sweetser is made up of 2 amino acids, it's completely safe in most people and is chemically completely different to sugar.0 -
I eat sugar every day. It's working pretty well for me
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I've lost 50 pounds eating lots of sugar. Funny, that.0
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The funny thing about this article is that it compares sugar to cocain in the brain?
Cocain changes dopamine, norepinephrine and seratonin on a level 100x more than sugar does to just dopamine.
It's such a flawed article.0 -
robs_ready wrote: »The funny thing about this article is that it compares sugar to cocain in the brain?
Cocain changes dopamine, norepinephrine and seratonin on a level 100x more than sugar does to just dopamine.
It's such a flawed article.
It's waay too early here. Isn't this a study, not an article?0 -
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Christine_72 wrote: »robs_ready wrote: »The funny thing about this article is that it compares sugar to cocain in the brain?
Cocain changes dopamine, norepinephrine and seratonin on a level 100x more than sugar does to just dopamine.
It's such a flawed article.
It's waay too early here. Isn't this a study, not an article?
Yeah I think you're right, although the source does say article. But I see your point.0 -
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robs_ready wrote: »Christine_72 wrote: »robs_ready wrote: »The funny thing about this article is that it compares sugar to cocain in the brain?
Cocain changes dopamine, norepinephrine and seratonin on a level 100x more than sugar does to just dopamine.
It's such a flawed article.
It's waay too early here. Isn't this a study, not an article?
Yeah I think you're right, although the source does say article. But I see your point.
It's an article talking about studies.0 -
Hugging puppies and kitties releases dopamine too...0
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PaulaWallaDingDong wrote: »Excess calories create weight gain, no matter where they come from.
Also, sugar is not cocaine, and I had no withdrawals cutting massive amounts of chocolate, ice cream, heavily sugared coffee and soda from my diet cold turkey. If massive amounts of cocaine were my problem, it wouldn't have gone so smoothly.
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MommyL2015 wrote: »I've lost 50 pounds eating lots of sugar. Funny, that.
I guess we are all different because I lost 50 pounds by going off sugar and all grains in my case. Other side effects like good joint and muscle pain control in 30 days after having it for 40 years, serious IBS resolved in 6 months. Blood work and health at 65 are better than at 45. Just goes to show until we try different WOE's we just never know.0 -
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I'm so addicted to sugar that my body just takes over and makes it out of pretty much everything I eat. I can't stop it no matter how hard I try.0
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6pkdreamer wrote: »This may shed some light as to which macros you should be watching-
part of Queensland University of Technology 7 April 2016-
“Excess sugar consumption has been proven to contribute directly to weight gain.
It has also been shown to repeatedly elevate dopamine levels which control the brain's reward and pleasure centres in a way that is similar to many drugs of abuse including tobacco, cocaine and morphine.
“After long-term consumption, this leads to the opposite, a reduction in dopamine levels. This leads to higher consumption of sugar to get the same level of reward.
“We have also found that as well as an increased risk of weight gain, animals that maintain high sugar consumption and binge eating into adulthood may also face neurological and psychiatric consequences affecting mood and motivation.
“Our study found that Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved drugs like varenicline, a prescription medication trading as Champix which treats nicotine addiction, can work the same way when it comes to sugar cravings.”
PhD researcher Masroor Shariff said the study also put artificial sweeteners under the spotlight.
“Interestingly, our study also found that artificial sweeteners such as saccharin could produce effects similar to those we obtained with table sugar, highlighting the importance of reevaluating our relationship with sweetened food per se,” said Mr Shariff.
“Like other drugs of abuse, withdrawal from chronic sucrose exposure can result in an imbalance in dopamine levels and be as difficult as going ‘cold turkey’ from them,” she said.
Full article- https://www.qut.edu.au/news/news?news-id=103307
@6pkdreamer thanks for the link. A lot of research on this subject and seminars are coming from that part of the world.0 -
Me thinks this should be moved to the debate section.0
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*munches on an oreo*
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Big_Gulps_Huh wrote: »
Love!!!
I'm going to cuddle with my cat now. Those pictures triggered me. Need my dopamine fix!0 -
GaleHawkins wrote: »MommyL2015 wrote: »I've lost 50 pounds eating lots of sugar. Funny, that.
I guess we are all different because I lost 50 pounds by going off sugar and all grains in my case. Other side effects like good joint and muscle pain control in 30 days after having it for 40 years, serious IBS resolved in 6 months. Blood work and health at 65 are better than at 45. Just goes to show until we try different WOE's we just never know.
My experience has been the same as hers, lost over 50lbs still eating sugar. I also greatly improved my health in the process, including stabilizing my glucose numbers down into the 80s. I'm so happy that I figured out how to do this whole thing in a way that's realistic and sustainable for me, long term 0 -
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/news/energy/2010/12/101222/animal-fat-tyson-renewable-fuel/
@ReaderGirl3 that is awesome when we find a way of eating that is realistic and sustainable long term that improves our odds of gaining longevity. It was a game changer for my life and health.
One thing that has puzzled me for the past 1.5 years on MFP is why some say sugars/carbs are the best thing for their longevity and others say the complete opposite.
Being an old guy I relate everything back to motor vehicles. The above 'green' news got me to thinking on human types of fuels that might explain the dichotomy of posts on MFP concerning preferred fuel types we run on.
militaryfactory.com/armor/detail.asp?armor_id=62
The Army at one point had multi fuel trucks that could run on either gas or diesel fuel.
It hit me some of us seem to be dipped out of gene pools that installed gas engines in us and others got diesel engines. We know humans are multi fuel burns but it seems we each have our own preference as to fuel types that we run on.
Clearly all that post on MFP can read and write and have access to current technologies meaning a high degree of intelligence most likely by all who post. So why the dichotomy of sugar/carb threads?
From the first post above we see both plants and animals can be used to make fuels for vehicles. In your case it seems you were perhaps built with a 'gas' engine due to genetic/environmental/etc influences when I was built with a 'diesel' engine.
While we both can run on gas (carbs) or diesel (fats) our bodies have a preference is my current thought. Can you see this as a possibility?
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GaleHawkins wrote: »http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/news/energy/2010/12/101222/animal-fat-tyson-renewable-fuel/
@ReaderGirl3 that is awesome when we find a way of eating that is realistic and sustainable long term that improves our odds of gaining longevity. It was a game changer for my life and health.
One thing that has puzzled me for the past 1.5 years on MFP is why some say sugars/carbs are the best thing for their longevity and others say the complete opposite.
Being an old guy I relate everything back to motor vehicles. The above 'green' news got me to thinking on human types of fuels that might explain the dichotomy of posts on MFP concerning preferred fuel types we run on.
militaryfactory.com/armor/detail.asp?armor_id=62
The Army at one point had multi fuel trucks that could run on either gas or diesel fuel.
It hit me some of us seem to be dipped out of gene pools that installed gas engines in us and others got diesel engines. We know humans are multi fuel burns but it seems we each have our own preference as to fuel types that we run on.
Clearly all that post on MFP can read and write and have access to current technologies meaning a high degree of intelligence most likely by all who post. So why the dichotomy of sugar/carb threads?
From the first post above we see both plants and animals can be used to make fuels for vehicles. In your case it seems you were perhaps built with a 'gas' engine due to genetic/environmental/etc influences when I was built with a 'diesel' engine.
While we both can run on gas (carbs) or diesel (fats) our bodies have a preference is my current thought. Can you see this as a possibility?
I'm guessing it's the same mechanism at work as why different peoples swear that their religion is right and others are wrong.0 -
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