More: When sugar water was substituted for the saccharin solution, the results were the same, researchers said.

"Intense sweetness is more rewarding to the rats than cocaine," said coauthor Magalie Lenoir of the University of Bordeaux in France.

Lenoir said mammalian taste receptors evolved in an environment that lacked sugar and so were not adapted to the high concentrations of sweets found in the modern diet. Excess sugar could increase levels of the brain chemical dopamine, she said, leading to a craving for sweets.

damn!

Looking for the double-dipped chocolate-covered peanuts.

Ah ha! I knew I understood addiction all too well

And donuts don't cause impotence.