Junk Food Diet Causes Rats’ Brain Pleasure Centers To Become Progressively Less Responsive.
ScienceDaily (Oct. 27, 2009) — Brain pleasure centers became progressively less responsive in rats fed a diet of high-fat, high-calorie food, a new study has found. As the changes occurred, the rats developed compulsive overeating habits — and became obese. The overeating continued even when it meant the rats had to endure an unpleasant consequence (a mild foot shock) in order to consume the food.
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Is the same true for humans? I can only speak for myself, but it was binging on high-fat, high calorie food that started my compulsive overeating. Thank goodness we have the ability to be aware of what we are doing and make changes (learn to resist temptation).
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