Junk Foods: Another Form of Marijuana

Written by docteam Thursday, 01 September 2011 07:32

Due to practicability, many people would go for junk food for their lunch or dinner, especially when they are in the hurry time. Of course it doesn’t consume so much time to serve because all you need to do is to buy outside, grab some and eat. So practical. This is one of the reasons why people start to change their menu from home cooking to junk food.

However, the daily regular of eating junk food can become a sort of addiction because this food choice works like marijuana, making the consumers to desperately want some more. This statement is not nonsense because a research had been conducted to analyze the consumers’ behavior as well as what makes the junk food so addictive.

According to the research, someone can become a junk-food addict because many junk foods contain of a great amount of fat and calories which trigger the compound release similar to marijuana. Well, it seems so scary. After the first bite of junk foods, people tend to taste it more and more, and finally enjoy the unstoppable delicious aftertaste. This is when people cannot stand to eat junk food another day.

Sooner or later, people who have tasted the palatable junk food will decide to eat even more and this makes them to leave the more nutritious foods. When they become junk food addict, they will totally leave the natural foods that rich of nutrients and in the end they will suffer from nutrient deficiency.

Meanwhile, the latest research conducted in University of California found that the fat in junk food is the trigger of endocannabinoid compound to present in the body. In closer analysis, this compound has the structure and way of works which are similar to cannabidiol, the compound contained in marijuana that triggers the addiction.

The mechanism process of endocannabinoid release starts when fat reacts with enzymes in mouth. The result of reaction is signal which is delivered to brain. After the signal is sent, brain gives instruction to intestines to release the endocannabinoid compound that makes the body to always have the feeling of highly needing fat.

From the research, the experts expect that it inspires the formulation of drugs to fight against obesity. It should work by blocking of endocannabinoid release so it may prevent human body from the excessive feeling of needing fat. Of course its purpose is to make the body consume adequate fat.