Is Sugar More Addictive Than Cocaine? | 5
Call Me Curious
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🗓️ 7 April 2022
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Sugar is everywhere around us. It's a reward, it's baked into every celebration we have. But for some, it becomes a problem when that sweet treat we want turns into something we need. Nikki and Mr. Malone break down the science of our confectionery cravings with a neuroscientist to find out if sugar is more addictive than cocaine. Then a recovering sugar addict spills the sweet tea on her struggles with sugar.
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| 0:00.0 | From Wondry, I'm Nikki Boyer, and this is Call Me Curious, where every week I'll get to the |
| 0:12.7 | bottom of those funny, strange, puzzling, or just got to know questions you have. And we'll tell |
| 0:18.4 | you the best we can what the answer is. |
| 0:21.9 | Because I've got 21 questions. I've been 21 guessing. You could teach me a lesson. |
| 0:29.2 | Call me curious. Call me curious. Call me curious. Call me curious. So tell the truth. |
| 0:39.5 | I need to know that it's real. |
| 0:46.5 | Know that it's real. |
| 0:47.8 | So tell the truth. |
| 0:49.7 | Welcome to the show, everybody. |
| 0:51.4 | I am so happy you're here today. |
| 0:53.5 | If you're curious like me, then this is going to be fun because I am going to get to the show, everybody. I am so happy you're here today. If you're curious like me, |
| 0:55.3 | then this is going to be fun because I am going to get to the bottom of all those questions |
| 0:59.4 | you've been too busy to look up yourself. I'm here for you. So growing up in St. Louis, |
| 1:05.6 | Missouri, there is a regional delicacy that has always been at every single family gathering in potluck. |
| 1:11.6 | And it's called gooey buttercake. If you know, you know. And if you've never had it, |
| 1:17.8 | think of it like this. It's kind of as if cheesecake, pound cake and sugar cookies all had a three-way. |
| 1:25.2 | Oh, super sweet, very delicious. And I still crave it to this |
| 1:30.3 | days. I get it when I go back home, which is amazing. And if you try to get between me and a |
| 1:35.4 | slice of gooey butter cake, I will cut your hands off. Like, it's not a threat. It's a warning. |
| 1:41.8 | Okay? I love you. But the point is, sugar can make us do some really weird, irrational things, almost like a drug. |
| 1:50.4 | So today on Call Me Curious, we ask, is sugar as addictive as cocaine? |
| 1:56.6 | Mr. Malone is here, of course, and I'd love to get your thoughts on this. Do you think sugar is as addictive as cocaine? |
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