Sentences with phrase «addictive effects»

Now, since I don't have these foods often, when I do indulge, they don't have the same addictive effect and it's easier to stay in control.

Interestingly, similar receptors are responsible for the mood - altering and addictive effects of some antianxiety drugs, suggesting that the sudden progesterone drop after childbirth could be leaving some women with a kind of withdrawal effect.

Cocaine has such a powerful addictive effect on the brain that its users often struggle through a disheartening loop of rehabilitation and relapse.

Marijuana doesn't have the same addictive effects as other drugs, but the possibility remains that, as its cost rises, users will find their thrill (or chill) elsewhere.

POTENTIAL RISKS Has mildly addictive effect; in large quantities, can cause cardiac arrhythmia

As a result, the chemical can not deliver its pleasurably addictive effects to the brain.

Due to the salt, sugar, and artificial flavoring used, they often create addictive effects which naturally make you want to eat more.

Some of the compounds in this herb bind to the exact same brain receptors as powerful sedatives like Valium, without any of the negative or potentially addictive effects.

Crack is a derivative of coccaine which can be smoked and which has a more immediate, short - lived and addictive effect on the body.

The addictive effect cell phones have on us doesn't come with an on / off switch.

I def have seen the addictive effects of it though.

Cocaine produces its addictive effects partially by acting on the brain's limbic system — a set of interconnected regions that regulate pleasure and motivation.

«It could be that as your brain is maturing, you become less susceptible to the addictive effects of nicotine because the genetic component that is influencing the way nicotine interacts with these receptors may have less effect,» says Chris Amos, a genetic epidemiologist at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, who wasn't involved in the study.

«The real challenge is to tweak the addictive effect of drugs like nicotine or other psychostimulants without totally crushing the person's desire to pursue healthy behavior.»

Another possibility is that the soy phytoestrogens (plant estrogens) have an addictive effect related to hormonal fluctuation.

And, it's these combos that can have an addictive effect.

You will still be getting the same stimulating taste without the addictive effects of caffeine.

Eating chocolate and drinking coffee are depicted as having an addictive effect on some animals.