Fast Food Junkies?

Unfortunately, it is a proven fact - just like hard drugs, fast food can cause chemical dependency and turn us into junkies. In accordance with the experiments conducted by Dr. John Hoebel from the University of Princeton, sweat and fatty meals can lead to a full-blown addiction by activating the hormone dopamine, in the same way it is activated by drugs.

Dopamine is a neuromediator which is responsible for the feelings of pleasure and sensual attraction. The tests were conducted on a group of rats, which had a choice either to eat fatty and sweet foods, or to have their usual balanced fare. In the course of the experiment it turned out that the rats generally preferred fatty and sweet “fast-food” diet, which inevitable resulted in their weight gain. Dr. John Hoebel thinks that his experiments would have the same results in humans. It is very hard to fight junk food addiction.

Dr. Michael Schwartz, an endocrinologist from the University of Washington, has determined that hamburgers and doughnuts’ addicts gradually develop insensitivity to the appetite-controlling hormone leptin. As a result, they cannot control their appetite, eat a lot, and gain weight. Dr. Schwartz believes that wide spread of bulimia in the industrialized world is mainly caused by vast availability of fast food.

Material prepared by staff writers

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