|  |  | January 11, 2010  While a lucky few may never feel the urge to have sugar in their life, most of us have experienced the highs, the pleasures and the cravings to have those little white granules found in our personal favorites: ice cream, cakes, donuts, candy or sodas and privately have wondered if we had an addiction to this stuff.
Professor Bart Hoebel and his team at Princeton University have been study sugar addiction for a number of years. According to Professor Hoebel individuals who use sugar consistently and sugar binge can show all of the classic signs of addictive behavior: a behavioral pattern of increased intake, signs of withdrawal, and cravings and relapse.
Using rats as a study model, Professor Hoebel discovered that the chemical dopamine is released in the brain in an area known as the nucleus accumbens when they drink a sugar solution. Dopamine is thought to be a chemical trigger that initiates the desire to want or like something, and eventually with repeated stimulation and release believed to be the chemical basis for addiction.
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