Junkie Rats and How to Break Our Food Addictions

So finally the science is catching up to what our gut reaction (pun intended) has been telling us all along -- that certain foods are addictive, causing us to crave more and more, even at the expense of our well-being. According to a report of research presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, not only did rats fed a high-fat, high-calorie diet compulsively overeat, they would even suffer a slight shock to get at the food.What's more, after 40 days of junk foods, the ...