Missbrukare byter från kokain till cupcakes under sin rehabilitering

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I the NY Times finns länkade artikel om hur missbrukare flyttar sitt missbruk till kolhydrater när de genomgår rehabilitering, och hur vården försöker hantera detta.

 

“So you end up with the transfer addiction,” she added. “Off the cocaine, onto the cupcakes.”

 

Där finns också två länkade studier om hur kolhydrater påverkar hjärnan på samma sätt som knark.

 

Research has found that food and drugs have similar influence on the brain’s reward center. A 2013 study published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition reported that sugar, not fat, stimulates cravings.

 

And a widely cited study from that year found that Oreo cookies activated the nucleus accumbens, the brain’s pleasure or reward center, as much as cocaine and morphine, at least in laboratory rats.

 

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