Home › Forums › Other › OT: Bloomberg to ban large sugared drinks. › AN wrote:So we’re comparing
[quote=AN]So we’re comparing food to crack now? I guess I have no rebuttal to that.[/quote]
sugar activates the same regions of the brain as cocaine.
The key here is introduction to the population of extremely plentiful and very cheap highly processed food and drinks rich in fat and sugar.
The effect is similar to when the inner city population was introduced to extremely plentiful and very cheap highly processed crack.
In the case of crack, the addiction rate skyrocketed. In the case of cheap high calorie processed food and drinks, the obesity rate skyrocketed.
