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Can you really become addicted to sugar?

Can you really become addicted to sugar?

It's pretty hard to stick to one cookie. Sugar is addictive, but is it really comparable to cigarettes, alcohol or drugs?

Yes, a study recently published in Plos One shows that sugar can affect your brain just as much as drugs. That means, the study suggests, that regular drug withdrawal methods also work to get rid of your sugar addiction.

Would you like to get rid of your sugar addiction?
For now you will have to do that with a lot of willpower and discipline, because much more research is needed on this subject.