The silent drug

Hello! Today's theme is Drugs & Addiction.

I want to talk about something different because the most known drugs are Marijuana, cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, LCD and some others. But there's a drug that stays silent between us and I bet we all consume or have consumed a lot: Sugar.

Would you believe me? Then try to eat as many fried eggs as you can, enjoy! Afterwards, try to eat sweet biscuits, as much as you can. The most likely result is that you ate 2 or 3 eggs and got satisfied. But you were able to eat a lot of biscuits, without feeling satisfied, like if you always want more and more.

How is this possible? Sugar, unlike fats or proteins, distorts our appetite system, so the problem when eating a lot of sugar is that we don´t feel necessarily satisfied, and it tastes damn good! Also, it doesn't have the same notoriety as fats, so we usually don't remember to reduce the biscuits we eat.

In the other side, we still need some sugar for our homeostasis, to keep balanced our glycemia. Don't get out in the morning without having something sweet (or with carbs, e.g. sandwich), or you'll probably feel light-headedness and drowsiness (remember the Endocrine Pancreas?).

Anyway, try not to be a 'sugar-oholic'.

Now let's talk about the other drugs of abuse. Drinkink alcoholic beverages and smoking tobacco (in joints or cigarretes) is something very common nowdays in many countries, in Chile, the average age to start drinking is 13, and i bet it's not far from the other countries' avgs. Drinking a glass of beer or a cup of wine daily is not really damaging, unlike smoking, an activity that highly increases lung cancer risk (9 out of 10 lung cancers are caused by smoking). Just think of this: drink liquids is natural, but inhale smoke, what the hell?

I like beer and wine, i drink a 250ml bottle of beer sometimes with my fellas or my dad (at lunch) :)

I smoke casually, but considering I do sports, it would be a good idea to stop smoking...

Now Weed! The 'bridge drug' to harder and more dangerous drugs. This little green plant has become famous around the world, nowdays it's really easy to get. I tried this drug in some parties, but i didn't get used to be high, the times i did marijuana I felt really stupid later, and stopped doing this. Some friends of mine smoke weed weekly or even daily, but i started to hate this drug, in adittion to its effect (i don't like it), it's overrated! Its price is too much money waste in my opinion.

I understand the use of drugs in patients with terminal diseases, as anesthesics, anxyolitics, etc. But i consider some of my friends addict to weed or smoking and i don't like this reality.

That's todays blog  guys, have a nice week!

'It doesn't matter how slowly you go, as long as you do not stop' -Confucius