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Study: Foods like ice cream, chips and candy are just as addictive as cigarettes or heroin (www.usatoday.com)
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[Your] favorite guilty pleasure snack may be just as addictive as cigarettes or heroin, a new study reveals.

An analysis of 281 studies in 36 countries, published in the British Medical Journal this month, found that your inability to put down the ice cream, chips and candy may have less to do with your self-control and more to do with the addictive quality of ultra-processed foods or UPFs.

“The combination of refined carbohydrates and fats often found in UPFs seems to have a supra-additive effect on brain reward systems, above either macronutrient alone, which may increase the addictive potential of these foods,” the study said.

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[–] alienanimals@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I guarantee you that the person who wrote the title has never done heroin.

Not only is this a stupid and false thing to say, but it's dangerous. There's no good reason to make people think that heroin is just as easy to deal with as ice cream and candy. The person who wrote that shit should be sued.