Beware the Chocolate Chip Cookie

Beware the Pair   (Photo by Jonathunder)

During this Halloween season, who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of ghouls?  There are ghosts and goblins to beware of - and worse yet, chocolate chip cookies!

According to pleasure-shaming research, the trick is now in the treat.  One such “traditional” cookie not only contains “2.5 teaspoons of sugar,” but also (gasp) some cacao.  This makes for a bittersweet conclusion that only clinicians can appreciate:  Chocolate-chip cookies are addictive!

Eat one, and you're bound to eat two.  Eat two, and you’re bound to eat four.  Mathematicians call it geometric progression.  Snackers simply call it delicious…

Resources

https://abc7.com/science/chocolate-chip-cookies-equivalent-to-drug-addiction-in-brain-study/5627526/ 

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