DiNicolantonio, J. J., et al. (2018). Sugar addiction: is it real? A narrative review. Br J Sports Med, 52(14), 910–913. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2017-097971
From the narrative review’s abstract: “Animal data has shown significant overlap between the consumption of added sugars and drug-like effects. Sugar addiction seems to be dependence to the natural endogenous opioids that get released upon sugar intake.”