Sugar - The addictive Drug
Sugar. A harmful
source of energy or possibly the most addictive drug to the body? Newer studies
show that sugar is 8 times more addictive than Cocaine and the use of sugar can
lead to a series of health problems, both long term and short term. The studies
done on sugar show that the white sweet powder affects our brain pathways in
the same way as drugs like Cocaine or Heroin does! That means that every time
you eat that sweet chocolate dipped donut or that delicious cookie, you are
reinforcing and strengthening the neuropaths in your brain. After a while you
will increasingly crave for more sugar as tolerance builds up and until some
point the drug won’t give you any pleasure anymore. Does it sound familiar to
you? This is exactly the same process as with any other drug. People with a
heroin addiction would have to increase the taken dose because the drug loses its effectiveness after a while, mainly as a result of the body's habitation
of the drug.
In the end,
the drug will eventually stop giving the user pleasure and the user will have
to take the drug in order to just feel normal. Just as heroin, sugar activates
he opioid receptors in our body and brain and affects the reward system, which
in many cases can result into compulsive behavior. Ever felt like eating more
cookies even though you just binged on a whole box of cookies? Or felt like
your just taking choices spontaneously. Well, that’s thanks to the sugar’s
addictive properties and its effects in the body and on the neuropathways in
the brain. At this point you may start to wonder "But hey, sugar isn’t so
bad. We need it. We need fuel for our body. We need to eat to survive" How
come is it called an addiction if you need it to survive? “Well, we are not
talking about unprocessed sugars like bananas or apples or any fruit. We are
talking about refined sugars like cane sugar, fructose, corn-syrup etc. these
are sugars that are very addictive. Unfortunately, these days you can hardly
find a product without added sugar, unless you shop your groceries in a whole
food store of course. Even bread has sugar in it nowadays.
The word
addiction in medicinal terms refers to a tragic situation where the individual’s
brain chemistry has been altered or influenced in order to compel them to
repeat a substance or an activity despite harmful consequences. And
sugar, as with all other drugs, have some serious consequences on a short and
long term basis. Tooth decay, bad skin, weight gain, loss of concentration,
depression or anxiety are just some of the nasty effects of a sugar
addiction. As soon as you start to see sugar as drug and cut out the white
powder from your life, only then will you start to see major improvements in
your life, both physical and psychological. If have a problem with food or have
weight issue, you will greatly benefit from cutting out sugar and certain
foods from your diet. You have to start seeing this as an addiction and
treat your addiction i the same way as other drugs. Using wood as a
part of therapy or as therapy gives you incredible or major benefits. If you need to lose weight, then you need to refrain to using diets as
short term solution. Instead, i urge you acknowledge and research about how
certain foods affect our minds and bodies. It’s not just about
the calories going in and out. It’s more profound than that.
When you realize this, you can improve your quality of life and start feeling
great again. Tun in next time, where i'll talk about how you can quit sugar and what
certain foods are good for health and what foods are detrimental for your
health.
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