High on junk

Jokes about your pizza addictions may sound a lot less funny after you have read this. Researchers at the Scripps Research institute, Florida, found that the effect of fatty food on the brain is very similar to that of narcotics. Both overload the pleasure centres in the brain says Paul J kenny., an associate professor at the Institute. Eventually, the centers 'crash' and getting the same high requires higher amounts of food. The findings shed light on the brain mechanisms that derive overeating and could lead to new treatments for obesity