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Sugar Addiction Research Paper

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Finally, I will speak of addiction, which will bring about the aforementioned issues. Addiction to sugar is often compared to cocaine. According to research, sugar is as addictive as sugar if not more addictive. According to the study, rats could choose between cocaine, water or sugar. Astonishingly, 94% of rats exclusively chose sugar, even if they first consumed and were addicted to cocaine, they quickly switched to sugar. Scientists hypothesize that this phenomena occurs because our sweet receptors have not yet adapted to modern levels of sugar consumption.

When dopamine is released we feel better, one substance that causes this type of release is sugar. Eventually, sugar becomes an addiction due to the fact that it makes us feel better
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