tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88148177926824455662011-04-21T12:19:56.461-07:00Sébastien Boucherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00632452133923238447noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8814817792682445566.post-62918873605454996012009-02-08T16:51:00.001-08:002009-02-08T17:03:07.968-08:00<div id="storybody"> <p>An interesting report from CBC Science and Technology News appeared this past Dec 10 2008. In it reporters spoke to research psychologist Bart Hoebel and his colleagues at Princeton University: </p><p></p><blockquote>"Sugar can be addictive, wielding power over the brains of lab animals much like a craving for drugs, according to Princeton University scientists who say their findings may eventually have implications for the treatment of humans with eating disorders."</blockquote><p></p>The report goes on to show how sugar induces patterns of behavious similar to those seen with drugs traditionally seen as addictive. Such signs as increased intake, withdrawal, cravings and relapse are evident even in rats when exposed to sugar in their diet.<br /><br />Check out the original article <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/12/10/sugar.html?ref=rss">HERE</a><br /><br />I think that this puts a new spin on the Sugar Free Challenge - perhaps we should institute a 12-step program - though I can't quite see myself asking my friends for forgiveness for the way I treated them because I have a sugar problem (the 8<span style="font-size:85%;">th</span> step of Acloholics Anonymous is "Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make <span class="extiw">amends</span> to them all."...Perhaps a support group is the way to go...<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8814817792682445566-6291887360545499601?l=sugarfreechallenge.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sébastien Boucherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00632452133923238447noreply@blogger.com0