The obvious is unbelievable.
If an individual undertakes to carefully evaluate his habitual actions when eating, say, potato chips, then it will become clear to anyone who picks up a bag with them: it is impossible to stop chewing until the last piece of chips, along with the crumbs, goes down to the stomach.
Why is this happening?
This is exactly the question that pharmacological researchers from the University of California, Irvine, have asked, according to the American popular science online publication LiveScience.
As the authors of the study write in the specialized journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ("Problems and Questions of the National Academy of Sciences"), the fact is that fatty foods such as chips and French fries force the human body to produce chemicals that resemble and are found in a light drug. - marijuana.
These substances, called endocannabinoids (endogenous lipids), form part of an ever-repeating cycle, when the consumer returns to a bag of cheese chips over and over again until he destroys them all.
As part of the study, experts found that fat in the digestive tract causes the release of endocannabinoids in the human brain.
However, not only "gray matter&The human brain is responsible for the production of chemicals similar to those produced in cannabis.
They are also produced by human skin.
In scientific circles, endocannabinoids are known to increase appetite and taste sensations.
This, by the way, explains people's addiction to "weed" – to smoking marijuana.
The California researchers came to their conclusions explaining the effects of chips and French fries on humans after experiments on rats.
The rodents were given a sweet, healthy vanilla drink rich in proteins.
This drink is called peptone.
It is a partially hydrolyzed protein, represented by a mixture of peptides and amino acids.
Alternatively, the rats were given a fatty mixture based on corn oil.
Then the rats were dissected and carefully studied.
It turned out that sugar and proteins (proteins) do not cause the release of natural chemicals such as marijuana by the human body.
But that's exactly what happened when the rats ate bowls of fatty foods.
It became clear to the researchers that fat, once on the tongue, sends a signal to the brain, which then transmits it to the digestive tract through the cranial nerve system.
This is an informational "message&It causes the brain to produce endocannabinoids in the digestive tract, after which there is literally a cascade of signals with the same order: Eat! Eat up! Eat up!
There is a clear evolutionary explanation for this signal in the history of mammalian development – fats were crucial for their survival, but in ancient times these fats were not easy to obtain.
In the modern world, where you can find a fast-food restaurant or cafe on every corner.&"like McDonald's with cheap so–called junk food, human evolutionary addiction to fatty foods is turning into misfortune - an increasing number of cases of obesity and related diseases.
It follows from the conclusions of the California scientists: it may be enough to block the reception of signals about the intake of endocannabinoids into the body, and then doctors may be able to break the vicious circle that forces people to overeat and abuse fatty foods. 1xBet offers an exclusive welcome bonus for new customers who register using the
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