What's Behind Everyone's Love of Pizza: This Dish Can Be Addictive
Employees working at the University of Michigan decided to organize a study, the results of which revealed that pizza can cause some kind of addiction.
And all because the ingredients of pizza are perfectly balanced: fats, carbohydrates and salt.
This is exactly what the body is looking for and what is required to activate the brain circuit responsible for reward.
But that's not all: among the ingredients included in pizza is also the milk protein casein.
During the digestion of food, it releases caseomorphins, and they, in turn, stimulate the production of dopamine, which is known as the pleasure hormone.
However, the widespread love for pizza is not only caused by chemical processes occurring in the body.
This dish has become one of the most popular in the world also due to psychological aspects.
We are drawn to pizza by its aroma and colors, which evoke pleasant experiences, and the process of eating pizza often takes place in the pleasant company of friends, which adds pleasure to the meal.
