Research suggests chocolate chip cookies are highly addictive

[ChristineM]

Looks like I'll have to explain to my wife why I'm importing ice cream from France.

One she tastes it there is no explanation required ;-)

 

[Shadow Wolf]

The data says amphetamine is derived from phenylethylamine which is a neurotransmitter that can cause mild excitement.

Best not to think of them as alike, in anyway. They aren't. If you want to get a glimpse, the movie The Salton Sea is overall a decent portrayal of how there is nothing mild about being tweaked out.

 

[Ouroboros]

Research suggests chocolate chip cookies equivalent to drug addiction in the brain



I'll admit that I'm addicted to chocolate chip cookies, too.

Doesn't surprise me, considering that sugar, chocolate, and carbs all trigger the brain. It's the trifecta.

 

[Iymus]

Research suggests chocolate chip cookies equivalent to drug addiction in the brain



I'll admit that I'm addicted to chocolate chip cookies, too.

 

[Revoltingest]

I find ginger snap cookies addicting.

 

[Dan From Smithville]

Research suggests chocolate chip cookies equivalent to drug addiction in the brain



I'll admit that I'm addicted to chocolate chip cookies, too.

I am not addicted. I can stop eating them anytime I want to. I just don't want to right now.

 

[Dan From Smithville]

Methinks they've not done cannabis or cocaine, especially coke. And, I would say, probably haven't personally known any addicts, either.

I know a few nicotine addicts.

 

[shunyadragon]

Sugar and high glycemic carbs are very very addictive, and chocolate chip cookies is high, but twinkies and donuts got'em beat.

 

[lollicate]

I often buy such cookies, but I can easily live without them

 

[Howard Is]

However there are some striking similarities and commonalities by which cocaine and chocolate could be considered 'kissing cousins'.

Cacao has pharmacologically active amounts of phenethylamine, which is the body’s natural amphetamine.

Phenethylamine

Amphetamine

 

[Howard Is]

The body has a mechanism to tell the brain when enough food has been eaten.

This mechanism is turned off by a 50:50 mix of fat and sugar.

 

[savagewind]

The body has a mechanism to tell the brain when enough food has been eaten.

This mechanism is turned off by a 50:50 mix of fat and sugar.

Aha!

 

[McBell]

I voted other because it is my opinion that chocolate chip cookies have way way to much cookie and not nearly enough chocolate.