Eating ice cream is as good as using drugs

Research by American scientist Kyle Burger at the Oregon Research Institute suggests that eating ice cream can create pleasure in the brain of people who enjoy it in the same way as regular people who use drugs.

Scientists surveyed 151 teenagers aged 14 to 16, giving them the Haagen Dazs' favorite chocolate ice cream; Then start interviewing about the eating habits and the foods you like to use over time.

They used a functional magnetic resonance scanner (fMRI) to scan their brains while showing them pictures of ice cream and giving them ice cream to compare their brain responses to those who often use drugs. .

Scientists have found that most children love ice cream, but those who have used it a lot in the past few weeks have less pleasure. Burger explained that the drug reaction of drug addicts is the same. Because, in that condition, despite the desire to increase, pleasure was transferred to the brain. He suggested that at that time the brain could produce less dopamine.

Scientists believe this finding provides new explanations of addiction, such as having an obese person because of ice cream. The study was published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.