At almost 12,000 feet, La Paz, Bolivia, is one of the world’s highest capital cities and for centuries the locals have chewed coca leaves to ward off the effects of altitude sickness. Interesting … they get high to fight the altitude...
There is a growing body of evidence suggesting fatty and sugary foods rewire the brain in the same way drugs like cocaine and nicotine do, leading to addiction.
In recent studies, lab animals who have been fed a diet of sugary and fatty snacks show the classic signs of addiction, and brain scans of obese humans show the same disturbances in their reward circuits as the brains that are found in dru