閱讀該文前，剛好在微信聽書中聽法國葡萄糖女神杰西?安佐斯佩的《控糖革命一書》，指明糖化對細胞的傷害及血糖較大波動對身體的影響。控制糖的攝入，保持血糖平穩(wěn)，能有效提升健康水平，延緩身體衰老。

Is Sugar Addictive?

Some of us can definitely say we have a sweet tooth. Whether it's cakes, chocolates, cookies, lollies or soft drinks, our world is filled with intensely pleasurable sweet treats.

我們中一些人可以肯定地說，會有一個甜食愛好者。無論是蛋糕、巧克力、餅干、棒棒糖還是軟飲，我們的世界充滿了甜食，能讓你強烈得感受到快樂。

Sometimes eating these foods is just too hard to resist.

有時吃這些食物確實是難以抗拒。

Eating sugary foods can become our lifestyles and routines. That spoonful of sugar makes your coffee taste better and dessert can feel like the best part of dinner.

攝入含糖食品可能成為我們?nèi)粘Ｉ畛Ｒ?guī)中的一環(huán)。一勺糖，就能讓咖啡味道更好；一份甜點，這便感覺是晚餐高光時刻。

If you've ever tried to cut back on sugar, you may have realised how incredibly difficult it is. For some people it may seem downright impossible. This leads to the question: can you be addicted to sugar?

如果你曾經(jīng)試圖減少糖的攝入，你可能已經(jīng)意識到，減少攝入糖如此困難，困難到令人難以置信。對于一些人來說，這似乎是完全不可能的。這便引出了一個問題：你會對糖上癮嗎？

Sweet foods are highly desirable as the powerful impact sugar has on the reward system in the brain called ,the mesolimbic dopamine system.

大腦中有一個“犒賞系統(tǒng)”，被稱為中腦邊緣多巴胺系統(tǒng)，而糖對此具有強大的影響，因此糖對于這系統(tǒng)來說簡直就是“最受歡迎的”。

Dopamine has an important role in the brain, directing our attention towards things in the environment like tasty foods that are linked to feelings of reward.

多巴胺在大腦中具有重要作用，如引導(dǎo)我們注意環(huán)境中那些事物，即攝入犒賞系統(tǒng)有關(guān)的美味食物。

The dopamine system becomes activated at the anticipation of feelings of pleasure.

在期許快樂時，多巴胺系統(tǒng)可被激活。

This means our attention can be drawn to cakes and chocolates when we're not necessarily hungry, evoking cravings. Our routines can even cause sugar cravings.

這意味著當(dāng)我們不一定餓的時候，我們的注意力會被吸引到蛋糕和巧克力上，引起對糖的渴求。

We can subconsciously want a bar of chocolate or a fizzy drink in the afternoon if this is a normal part of our daily habits.

我們的生活習(xí)慣甚至?xí)?dǎo)致對糖的渴望。如果這是我們?nèi)粘Ａ?xí)慣的一部分，我們會下意識地想在下午吃塊巧克力或喝杯汽水。

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