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7. Craving sweets and other sugary foods
Sugar, like most carbohydrates, starts its digestion from the mouth. That is why eating a muffin doesn’t fill you but leaves you hungry barely an hour after eating it. Research has shown that sugar has the same effects as addictive drugs. It releases dopamine, a neurotransmitter that plays a vital role in the formulation of addictive behaviors. The body releases this hormone into the bloodstream in response to a rewarding event, such as eating sugar<span data-contrast=”auto”>. It is when there’s an excess release of dopamine that we experience that euphoria feeling of highness.
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Sugar is the source of energy for the brain, and this is what makes the brain see sugar as a reward. Constantly eating a large volume of sugar will only reinforce this idea and make your brain get addicted to it. Besides, a diet high in processed sugar offers no useful nutrients and won’t fill you; therefore, it’s mostly pointless eating them.
