Whereas natural sugar sources like whole fruits and vegetables are generally not very concentrated because the sweetness is buffered by water, fiber and other constituents, modern industrial sugar sources are unnaturally potent and quickly provide a big hit. Natural whole foods like beets are stripped of their water, fiber, vitamins, minerals and all other beneficial components to produce purified sweetness. All that’s left are pure, white, sugary crystals.
天 然的糖分来源,如完整的水果和蔬菜,糖分浓度通常并不高,因为其中的甜味有水分、纤维和其他成分来缓冲。然而现代工业生产的糖分来源,却浓重得不自然,很 快就能提供巨大的冲击。就说甜菜这样的天然完整食品,其水分、纤维、维生素、矿物质,乃至其他所有有益成分都被剥离,用来生产纯化的糖。剩下的就只有白色 的、纯粹的糖晶体。
A comparison to drugs would not be misplaced here. Similar refinement processes transform other plants like poppies and coca into heroin and cocaine. Refined sugars also affect people’s bodies and brains.
在这里与毒品相提并论并不过分。将其他植物,如罂粟和古柯转变为海洛因和可卡因的提纯过程,与上述程序是相似的。纯化的糖分也会影响人的身体和大脑。
Substance use disorders, defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, exist when at least two to three symptoms from a list of 11 are present. In animal models, sugar produces at least three symptoms consistent with substance abuse and dependence: cravings, tolerance and withdrawal. Other druglike properties of sugar include (but are not limited to) cross-sensitization, cross-tolerance, cross-dependence, reward, opioid effects and other neurochemical changes in the brain. In animal studies, animals experience sugar like a drug and can become sugar-addicted. One study has shown that if given the choice, rats will choose sugar over cocaine in lab settings because the reward is greater; the “high” is more pleasurable.
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