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#25 Gary Taubes: Is Sugar Slowly Killing Us

The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish

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Drugs of Abuse - Is Sugar a Drug?

There is evidence that sugar stimulates dopominea secretion n the nucleus ocumbens, just like these other drugs of abuse. In animals at least, so rats and mice, we could do these experiments, though atevthing, they will be more addicted to sugar than to cocane or heroine. So there's clearly, you know, whether tis effect in the nucleus of combins, or there's an interesting effect that might drive sugar consumption in also in the liver. Ah, it's a little more technical, but i've always wondered how much for play affects our brain. I mean, clearly, again, i think, i have kids. I don't need scientific research

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