Is sugar addictive?
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Is sugar addictive?
| Wed, 09-12-2012 - 10:27am |
Recent MIR's indicate sugar stimulates the brain's pleasure centers like some addictive drugs do. What do you think should be sugar be controlled in foods and drinks?
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This is a very interesting question so something I thought I would chime in on. I too have been reading reports on the addictiveness of sugar. If they were to call it Product X and put all of it's pros and cons out to the public and have them vote on whether or not it should be controlled, what do you think would happen? My guess is that people would vote to have it controlled. But because we love our sugar, we can't begin to imagine such a thing.
Brenda
I think there are a LOT of things that stimulate the pleasure venters. After all, that's what pleasure centers are there for.
And I suppose a lot of people get addicted to pleasure..
The issue here is, is sugar addictive, and such an addiction that people are out there stealing and assaukting and all to get sugar? I don't think so...
Yes, it's bad for you in excess, but so, as an old arguement for the banning of marijauna went, so are dill pickles in excess. ANYTHINg in excess is bad for an individual. But is it bad for society? Only insofar as medical issues from the over-consumption of sugar cost society in the increased costs of medical care, decreased productivity of the affected individuals due to illness, and early death... And how is that to be regulated?
SO no, I don' thtink so...
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As addictive as it may be, it doesn't cause the death and destruction of families like alcohol and drugs.