Junk Food and Addiction – How Cheesecake and Bacon are Like Heroin and Cocaine
Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that helps produce a reward response in the brain. This response kicks into action when we do something pleasurable- like eating highly palatable food. It is known that there is a reduction in this reward response in obese people. However, it is unclear whether the reduction in reward precedes obesity and [...]
Tags: addiction, cocaine, compulsive eating, dopamine, drugs, heroin, junk food, lifestyle, obesity, paul johnson, paul kenny, scientific studies
Posted April 26, 2010 by Peter Delahunt under Brain plasticity, Neuroscience, Research studies
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