Can You Be Addicted to Oreos?

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Oreos have been around since I was a child. Like me, do you split the cookie and eat the center first?

Harmless right? Maybe not!

What if you gave a mouse a cookie? Could that cookie be addictive?

Now, I’m not suggesting you find a 12-step program to deal with your impulse purchase of Oreos, but neuroscience is interesting when it comes to why we eat these high fat, high sugar foods. There is more to the cookie than meets the eye or taste bud for that matter.

Researchers actually…

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