Oreos Addicting? Oh Brother!

So a team of researchers at Connecticut College has determined that Oreo Cookies are as addictive as cocaine. The study, which will be presented at the Society for Neuroscience’s annual conference next month, also made another discovery: Rats, like humans, like to eat Oreo’s creamy center first. In the study, laboratory rats were put in a maze and given the choice of Oreos or rice cakes, and the rats chose the Oreo. Duh! Maybe that just shows the rats like things that taste good! The research reports that the cookies activated the same pleasure sensors in the brain as cocaine or morphine. Actually, the pleasure from the Oreo was more intense. I wonder who funded this study, and why we care? The researchers say it was to determine why some people can't resist high fat/high sugar foods even if they know the foods aren't good for them. At least we found out the rats wanted to eat the cream filling first, so they know where the good part is. As for me, pass the milk,please!