The issue of sugar addiction is debatable. Although sugar has damage such as tooth decay and increased risk of obesity, it has not revealed much scientific evidence that it is addictive, but a recent study offers new data.

According to the American Psychiatric Association, addiction is "a complex condition, a mental illness manifested through the compulsive consumption of a given substance despite the conclusion that it is harmful."

According to the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, supervised by the American Psychiatric Association, there are 11 criteria or signs that should be diagnosed when a substance-specific disorder is recorded, and if two of these signs appear in the patient, they may be considered addicted.

A team of researchers led by David Weiss of the University of California, Los Angeles, conducted a study on experimental evidence that sugar causes addiction.

In this regard, the authors of the study conducted experiments on a group of mice, and examined the relationship of consumption of sugar with the emergence of some signs and criteria of addiction.

The researchers analyzed signs of control and control problems in sugar consumption, other social problems, and persistent signs of continued sugar consumption despite the risk of this and other signs.

According to the researchers, the consumption of sugar is caused by five signs or indicators among the signs of addiction identified in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, which proves to be addictive.

Sugar-induced addiction is similar to caffeine and nicotine addiction compared to other cocaine addiction types.

The following are five characteristics that confirm that sugar is an addictive substance, according to a report by author Anhua Ereberry in Spanish newspaper Espanyol.

Difficulties controlling sugar consumption
Experiments in mice showed that after the first consumption of these animals, sugar was gradually increased. For example, rats first consumed 37 milliliters of sugar, which increased to 112 millimeters after one day.

In addition, aggressive and compulsive behavior in mice was observed when sugar was consumed. Researchers compared the behavior of drug addicts when consuming this substance.

Cravings for sugar consumption
During these experiments it was noted that the mice have a strong feeling and desire to make them crave the taste of sugar in itself, in addition to it was noted that the drug treatment addiction reduced the desire of these animals to consume sugar.

Sugar consumption despite its risks
Experiments in rats have shown that some barriers and obstacles were no problem for these animals if the final result was to obtain the desired dose of sugar.

Further, some rats did not show any sensitivity to the sugar problems, and only sought to address the amount of thirst they had of the substance.

The body returns to sugar
As with some drugs and drugs, the body's ability to respond to sugar has diminished, and it needs increasing doses to obtain the initial effect of this substance. This has been demonstrated in many experiments on mice supervised by the authors of the study.

Inability to resist sugar deprivation
A group of symptoms and signs that appear to the drug addict when stopping the consumption of the same substance or reducing the dose or change the composition appeared in the animals participating in the experiments conducted by the authors of the study when deprived of sugar, which used to consume.