I could have sworn I heard something once about how fast food chains put addictive chemicals in their food. For me, I don’t have an addictive personality. There’s nothing in my life I feel addicted to other than fast food. It’s weird. I know the food is dogshit and I can make tastier stuff at home. But I also think about getting fast food all the time and have to stop myself from ordering it a lot. It does kind feel like a dopamine hit when I open up a bag of fast food and start digging in.
The only “addictive chemicals” is the carefully crafted ratio of salt/sugar/fat to keep you wanting more.
I dunno, if fast food wasnt so easy to get, would we be having this problem? There’s a lot to be said with the “over-and-done” nature of spending 3 mins most at a drive thru to get food, scarf down the empty meal in 5 minutes and go back to what we were doing.
It’s modern slop and it wouldnt surprise me if the addition is Pavlovian, cause it’ll be cheaper to operate that way.
As others have mentioned, the combination of salt, sugar, and fat “hacks” your brain in ways beyond traditional, organic meals ever could, the same way our phones and porn and gambling does.
addictive chemicals
Yes, it’s called sugar(carbs), fat and salt. Pick one or two of those, and your brain will eventually get overwhelmed and you’ll feel like washing your mouth out.
Pick all three, and the food never stops tasting good, and you’ll eat until you physically have no room left.
