Once eaten you are left wanting more

Once eaten you are left wanting more

Cravings for ice cream are little to be desired, and new research suggests that we exhibit the same behaviour as drug addicts do.

According to the study, the brain is left wanting for more while eating an ice cream in the same way as a person who habitually uses cocaine.

The study supports previous research which has indicated that people can feel 'addicted' to certain foods.

The research, published online by the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, found that those who regualrly ate ice cream needed more and more to replicate the 'high' they first experienced.

This mirrors the effect cocaine - and other class A drugs - has on users, it was reported.

Dr Kyle Burger, who co-wrote the study, explained that food containing “high-fat” or “high-sugar” altered the way that the brain responded to food.

"This down-regulation pattern is seen with frequent drug use, where the more an individual uses the drug, the less reward they receive from using it," he told the Daily Telegraph.

"This tolerance is thought to increase use, or eating, because the individual [is] trying to achieve the previous level of satisfaction."


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