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"If you&amp;#39;ve ever tried to go cold turkey on how much sugar you eat--or even just cut back on the sweet stuff--but have found it next to impossible, there may be another reason for the difficulty... and it just might be in your DNA.\nPinterestFacebookAccording to this doctor, some of us are born wired to require more sugar than others.\nHyman says that sugar releases dopamine in our brains, which stimulates receptors that make us feel short-term pleasure. When people are &amp;quot;biologically addicted&amp;quot; to sugar, says Hyman, they require more stimulation to feel that pleasure. In other words: they need more sugar.\nDr. Mark Hyman writes in The Huffington Post: &amp;quot;The science demonstrating that people can be biologically addicted to sugar in the same way we can be addicted to heroin, cocaine or nicotine is clear. Binging and addictive behaviors are eerily similar in alcoholics and sugar addicts. In fact, most recovering alcoholics often switch to another easily available drug: sugar.&amp;quot;\nHave you ever tried to stop eating sugar--or just cut down? How do you keep your sweet tooth in check?\nMore on addiction:\n\nAre You Addicted To Sugar?\n\n\nThe Sugar Diaries: Exactly How To Start A Detox\n\n Can You Handle Sugar Substitutes, Or Do They Make You Crave More Sugar?\nMore Ways to Get Glamour\nVisit Shopglamour.com for cute stuff starting at just $10! \nEnter the latest Glamour sweepstakes! \nFollow us on Twitter \nAdd us to your iGoogle homepage \nPhoto: Thinkstock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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