The Human Brain Can’t Make a Difference between Chocolate and Cocaine

The brain is one of the biggest and most important organs in our body. Inside the brain there are many different regions identify numerous of compounds that enter the body.

 Great amount of compounds that come inside the body enter through food.

 Glucose, fats and proteins are most present.

When we consume food then the tongue sends signals to the brain. The brain processes the signals and sends them to other organs or other regions of the brain.

But the number of compounds we consume is enormous and because of that the brain has places for different group of compounds. In many cases, we eat for pleasure. Our brain needs only glucose or fat. 

The brain region for pleasure reacts when glucose enters inside us and then we are satisfied.

But scientists have discovered that the human brain can’t make a difference between glucose and drugs.

 Glucose looks the same as drugs to our brain because they’re both addictive. 

The brain reacts equally to these two compounds.

Glucose and drugs affect the pleasure region. 

When consuming food, our brain gives the body order to take sweet food, and because of that we want to eat chocolate more than carrots.

That is one of the reason why 2.8 million people die from obesity every year. Next time your brain orders you to have something sweet, don’t listen to it.