Sugar is Addictive - It's Official

Sugar bingeing can lead to sugar addiction, a new study finds. As for reactions to the news? No one is surprised, least of all me, currently recovering from a binge of my own while on vacation at one of those all-inclusive resorts in Mexico. Oh, Pina Coladas, how I miss thee.

Anyway. The study monitored the effect of sugar bingeing on behaviour in mice, and the ultimate conclusion drawn was that after a sugar binge, absence made the heart grow fonder. Furthermore, when the sugar was taken away, folks actually went into withdrawal -- teeth chattering and all. Evidently, a sugar binge changed the chemistry of their brain for good. Scary stuff, huh?

So is there any hope for those of us who are trying to change our sugary ways? You can break the cycle of addiction. There's only one way to do it, man -- cold turkey.