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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What am I looking at here?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

The red glowing portions in the brain scan is dopamine. Notice how cocaine and sugar ‘addicts’ don’t have these portions

https://possible.in/what-is-the-biggest-addiction-in-the-world-sugar-addiction.html

Tldr: sugar is more addictive than cocaine

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Nonsense. link

Not to mention that the actual "scans" here are fake. There is no way to measure dopamine distribution in the brain like that. Also, both pictures are the same but were edited.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You sound like a real sugar addict

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

Great argument.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It's quite a complex theme with no clear answer.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Does that mean that if I've never succumbed to sugar addiction despite having access to plenty of sugary foods, I can safely use recreational cocaine without worrying about it destroying my life? I've always avoided it whenever I did have access to it, because I've heard too many horror stories about it destroying people.