The third paper defines "addiction" as certain behaviors and shows that over-consumption of sugar induces those addictive behaviors. Do you have a problem with the defined behaviors?
If you will be deprived from water, you will easily show such "addictive behaviour".
Not sure about just looking, but there are sex addictions for sure.
How about holidays "addiction", or sleep "addiction"?
Cocaine addiction mechanism have completely different nature. Cocaine directly interact with pleasure part of brain crossing blood-brain barrier. Sugar, food, looking at girls and other pleasant for human things does not. If something activate pleasure part of brain, this does not mean that it is some narcotic.
obese people ate too many carbohydrates over years
Like all other people who, suddenly, do not become obese.
and have a reduced ability to process carbs.
To solve that problem you need to find out why they have a reduced ability to process carbs and fix that problem. Than, that ex-obese people will be able to eat everything without consequencesjust like others.
But that way will lower the profit of big farma, food corporations and different "diet creators".
/No - it's broken down into fructose and glucose, which do enter the brain.
And glucose is main fuel for brain. Regardless of the way it obtained. Things necessary for brain to work can't be "addictive".
Are you trying to claim the whole sugar molecule doesn't enter the brain therefore those studies are debunked?
Yes. It does not enter, so it can't interfere with pleasure center bypassing normal processes of feeling pleasure like cocaine do. Sugar is tasty, so it is pleasant, just like any other pleasant foods and things. There is nothing unnatural in it.
It's not the body's fault for a bad diet just as it's not the lung's fault for the person smoking cigarettes.
Nicotine and food is completely different things. Like sugar and cocaine.
You can avoid them today: whole foods are available at the super market
That "whole foods" from supermarket usually just the same garbage with another sticker. Only raw things like sugar, salt, grain, flour and may be pasta worth attention in supermarkets if you looking for food without unnatural additions. For everything else try local farmer markets, or grow your own.
If you will be deprived from water, you will easily show such "addictive behaviour".
How about holidays "addiction", or sleep "addiction"?
Cocaine addiction mechanism have completely different nature. Cocaine directly interact with pleasure part of brain crossing blood-brain barrier. Sugar, food, looking at girls and other pleasant for human things does not. If something activate pleasure part of brain, this does not mean that it is some narcotic.
Like all other people who, suddenly, do not become obese.
To solve that problem you need to find out why they have a reduced ability to process carbs and fix that problem. Than, that ex-obese people will be able to eat everything without consequencesjust like others. But that way will lower the profit of big farma, food corporations and different "diet creators".
And glucose is main fuel for brain. Regardless of the way it obtained. Things necessary for brain to work can't be "addictive".
Yes. It does not enter, so it can't interfere with pleasure center bypassing normal processes of feeling pleasure like cocaine do. Sugar is tasty, so it is pleasant, just like any other pleasant foods and things. There is nothing unnatural in it.
Nicotine and food is completely different things. Like sugar and cocaine.
That "whole foods" from supermarket usually just the same garbage with another sticker. Only raw things like sugar, salt, grain, flour and may be pasta worth attention in supermarkets if you looking for food without unnatural additions. For everything else try local farmer markets, or grow your own.