Originally Posted by aj_cohn

If you look past the misleading headline, much of the article supports what LC'ers have been saying. Actual science backs up the position that sugary stuff is addictive, and that sugar + fat is doubly so.

Now, we just need researchers to associate these results with the theory that best fits the observations: that sugar and grains are addictive per se, without any magic manipulation, and that hormonal derangement (insulin, leptin, ghrellin) is the mechanism.