Rats Fed on Bacon, Cheesecake, and Ding-Dongs Become Addicted to Junk Food

Do you often feel the need for a sweet sugar rush or a moment of bacon-induced bliss? A new study offers evidence that that surge of pleasure is similar to a heroin high, and that eating junk food regularly can significantly change the brain's chemical make-up, creating junk food addicts who are driven to overeat. Lead researcher Paul Kenny says it had previously