Chips Cause Marijuana-Like Effect

July 6, 2011 - PRLog -- Green Bean Buddy has found a recent study from The University of California-Irvine that confirms that certain fatty food such as chips and french fries, cause the body to release a chemical into the body that is described as having a pot-like effect.

"fats in these foods trigger a surprising biological mechanism that produces natural marijuana-like chemicals in the body called endocannabinoids."

Endocannabinoids are not a new discovery and in fact are released when the body is introduced to Marijuana.

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Green Bean Buddy go on to report " The process starts on the tongue, where fats in food generate a signal that travels first to the brain and then through a nerve bundle called the vagus to the intestines."

"There, the signal stimulates the production of endocannabinoids, which initiates a surge in cell signaling that prompts the wanton intake of fatty foods, probably by initiating the release of digestive chemicals linked to hunger and satiety that compel us to eat more."

"In their study, appeared online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the researchers discovered that when rats tasted something fatty, cells in their upper gut started producing endocannabinoids. Sugars and proteins, the researchers noted, did not have this effect."

The negative effects of this information obtained add just another reason why fatty foods should be avoided if possible. The list of illness related to high cholesterol and high fat foods is endless.  

The representatives at Green Bean Buddy say," These test have brought to the light a serious topic of obesity and how eating high fatty foods could be the “gateway drug” to heart disease and other serious health conditions.

"Childhood obesity has risen 48% in the US over the last ten years and with the multi-billion dollar a year advertising campaign  that is littering the grocery stores and television, it will continue to grow unless something is done on a national scale to combat this trend."

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