Booze, as you may or may not know, is just another form of sugar. Talk to any sugar addict, and he/she will describe the struggle to quit, and how even a bite of a cookie leads to an all-night binge.
Of course, you can't get a DUI after consuming a bag of M&Ms, although Twinkies have been linked with violent crime.
But sugar, according to researchers, is as bad for your liver as that glass of pino grigio. Robert Lustig, a California endocrinologist who's recently published a number of papers on the topic, claims that not only is sugar addictive, it can also lead to such disorders as fatty liver disease.
Hence the obesity epidemic -- a compromised liver makes it even harder to lose weight.
Visit science cafeat the University of California, San Francisco, for the high-fructose scoop.
On a related note, check out this article, published several years ago in Psychology Today, linking a sweet tooth to alcoholism.
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