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Sugar as addictive as cocaine for some: study

(New York Daily News) UPDATED 2008-12-14
A new study suggests that sugar may be as addictive as hard drugs such as cocaine and heroin. Researchers at Princeton studied binge eating and addiction in rats and found that when the animals ate large amounts of sugar there were chemical changes in the brain that mirrored the type that happen when addicts use drugs. When the sugar was taken from the rats researchers found that they grew anxious and experienced symptoms of withdrawal. Experts say that not everyone is capable of being a "sugar addict," but those who are could find sugary foods difficult to give up.
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