Sugar Addiction
One of the biggest topics of conversation in our country today is drug use and addiction. However, one of the biggest "drugs" that's out there that people really haven't been discussing is sugar. When sugar enters a person's body, your brain releases dopamine into our body. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter and a key aspect of the "reward" circuit within addictive behavior. The issue with sugar and its addictive traits are that one, not many people see it as a drug problem and more of a food eating problem, and two that it is something that you can consume large amounts of without truly knowing how much you are consuming. Sugar, in many ways, has many similar aspects to drugs in the way that it makes your body chase highs. When you eat sugar your brain releases dopamine, which in turn makes you feel good or get, in the broadest and most mild sense of terms, a "high" on sugar. The problem is that each time you consume sugar your brain releases less