<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/41bcafa6-283a-4307-8699-029f33f6e2ec/2CDB5D7E-0089-4FAD-8A85-63F7BF97E4AC/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://current.com/items/91241330_junk-food-as-addictive-as-heroin-rats-say.htm" href="http://current.com/items/91241330_junk-food-as-addictive-as-heroin-rats-say.htm" style="font-size: 11px;">current.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://current.com/items/91241330_junk-food-as-addictive-as-heroin-rats-say.htm"><DIV id="logo"><A href="http://current.com/" class="Sprites en_USLogo"> </A></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://current.com/items/91241330_junk-food-as-addictive-as-heroin-rats-say.htm"><H1>Junk Food as Addictive as Heroin - Rats Say </H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://current.com/items/91241330_junk-food-as-addictive-as-heroin-rats-say.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/current.com/img/03E2F85E-2220-45DD-A72D-B1F5585E3FA3" alt="Image..." /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/10/21/rats-junk-food.html" href="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/10/21/rats-junk-food.html" style="font-size: 11px;">dsc.discovery.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/10/21/rats-junk-food.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/dsc.discovery.com/img/6ACCCBA2-CFA5-456B-9E3B-1381CB53BD99" alt="discovery channel" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/10/21/rats-junk-food.html"><H1 class="headline">Binging Rats Get Hooked on Junk Food</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/10/21/rats-junk-food.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/dsc.discovery.com/img/9606A58E-1416-477E-BD93-A5D25F64DB72" alt="Junk Food Junkie" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/10/21/rats-junk-food.html"><P><STRONG>Oct. 21, 2009</STRONG> -- Junk food elicits addictive behavior in <A target="_blank" href="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/09/21/paralyzed-rats.html">rats</A> similar to the behaviors of rats addicted to heroin, a new study finds. 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