Junk Food Spurs Exit Addictive Similar Marijuana Compound
Junk Food
Junk food has similarities with marijuana, are equally addictive. A person addicted to junk food because of high calorie fatty foods and can trigger the release of compounds similar to marijuana. Therefore, a person who has ever felt the delicious junk food tend to want to try it againsomeday. The long run because it is not hooked more nutritious foods, people who are addicted to junk food will be nutritional deficiencies.
According to recent research at the University of California, the fat in junk food is the trigger endocannabinoid compounds in the body. The structure and workings of thiscompound is similar to cannabidiol, a compound in the cannabis plant that can triggeraddiction. The mechanism of endocannabinoid release when the fat begins to react with enzymesin the mouth. These reactions produce a signal to the brain, which signaled to theintestine to release the endocannabinoid compounds that the body always feel the needfat.
In this study, the release of these compounds is only observed when a person is eatingfatty foods. As quoted from Dailymail, Wednesday (07/07/2011), foods high in sugarand protein alone does not trigger the endocannabinoid release, so even if the triggermechanism will be different addictions. Prof. Daniele Piomelli, who led the study surmised, this mechanism is the legacy of theevolutionary process. In early humans, the endocannabinoid is released so that the body is not the lack of fat so that their cells are able to work optimally.
In modern humans did not move more, this mechanism is not needed. Lifestyle tend to be less movement and more high-calorie foods cause excess fat is dangerous because it can lead to obesity, diabetes and cancer. According to Professor Piomelli, these findings could inspire the creation of a drug to treat obesity. You do this by inhibiting the release of an endocannabinoid, so people do not always feel the need fatty foods and eat only as needed.
