Researchers show junk food is “as addictive as drugs”
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November 6, 2009 - Source: Natural Products Online New research by US scientists will strengthen evidence that junk food is addictive and that prolonged consumption turns fast food eaters into junkies. It has already shown that many commonly eaten junk foods can become a substitute for happiness. The latest research will show just how dangerous the junk food addiction can be. The soon to be published study by Paul Kenny and his team at Florida’s Scripps Research Institute found that a diet of burgers, chips, sausages and cake will programme the brain into craving even more foods that are high…