2007-02-20 05:39:59 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
I'm hooked on Taco John's! Thanks little monkey dude. I'm not lazy either. I have to drive about an hour to enjoy it occasionally.
2007-02-20 05:47:46 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
Some people experience the same release of dopamine, the brain's chemical responsible for pleasure, as drug addicts.
Foods with a high concentration of fat and/or carbohydrates will cause the brain to release a bigger quantity of dopamine.
People overeat to set off this pleasure zone. Overeaters are essentially doing the same thing that heroin users do.
And it will require more and more food to set off an equal amount of dopamine as time goes on, causing people to eat larger quantities to get the desired effects.
Large fast food chains understand these principals and make sure their food contains a lot of fat and carbohydrates to keep people coming back time and again.
2007-02-20 05:55:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know if it would be an addiction so much as a habit. However, it can be cured. Read Eric Schlosser's "Fast Food Nation."
2007-02-20 06:46:17 · answer #3 · answered by Beth B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think there is. There was a study done with rats and they gave them a really fatty diet, the rats became addicted. So any food that is high in fat I think can be addictive.
Apart from that they taste so good!
2007-02-20 05:51:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
NO THERE IS NOT!
i am sick off people blamming these big corporations for being fat ,lazy and ignorant.is society so poorly educated that they dont know eating lots and not getting of your *** is going to make you fat.the answer is NO!
the person who cant spell,do maths ,read & write and never went to school knows this.
take responsibilities for your actions and the concequences
2007-02-20 05:53:21 · answer #5 · answered by slashdog2003 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
You think all these overweight people are eating at expensive places where they have to WAIT for the food?????? lol
2007-02-20 05:54:23 · answer #6 · answered by mustanger 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes.
you can be addicted to anything and highfat and sugary foods are proper additions
2007-02-20 06:52:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes - but it is actually the fat in the food that you are addicted to.
2007-02-20 06:40:45 · answer #8 · answered by D B 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it is just a habit, not an addiction.
2007-02-20 05:47:50 · answer #9 · answered by ladywildfireok 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i think there is. i think any fast food can be adictive,but thats not good. that can kill you. im not tying to scare you but its the truth!!!!!!!
2007-02-20 05:49:48 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋