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so in this video we want to talk about what makes sugar

actually addictive so we know certain drugs are addictive but why is sugar

actually addictive there’s actually two mechanisms when you

consume comfort foods high in carbs desserts

breads candy sugar etc you increase insulin which then decreases

blood sugars then what happens certain sensory things from your blood

to your brain are triggered causing sugar cravings

okay so that’s one mechanism number two is dopamine

when you even anticipate eating certain foods

it could be carbs junk foods things like that and then you actually eat them

you actually get a release of dopamine and the more concentrated sugar it is

the more massive the release dopamine

is connected to pleasure now they don’t actually know exactly what dopamine does

there’s a a lot of theories out there but they know

that dopamine increases when you have anticipation of a reward

when you attain a goal there’s a spike of dopamine

they know it’s involved in some way in motivation

motor control alertness even appetite so when you consume sugar you release

dopamine it goes into the cell it makes you feel good but over time

when you continue to do it chronically the receptors for dopamine

downgrade they become more resistant okay

until the point where dopamine doesn’t quite get in there so there’s a need for

more and more carbohydrates to achieve that same pleasure and that’s

really the trap that’s really an addiction it gets out of control

and then one day you’re eating a mass amount of carbohydrates but you don’t

get that pleasure that you used to get in the past

but the reason you’re probably consuming it is just to handle the blood sugars

temporarily and all the while it’s creating a massive amount of damage in

different parts of your body specifically the eyes the kidney the

heart and the brain including certain nerves

so if you are addicted to sugar you just need a substitute for things

that are similar to sugar if you want more information on that i

created a video