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The effects of carbohydrates on arousal (1999)
Journal Article
Reid, M., & Hammersley, R. (1999). The effects of carbohydrates on arousal. Nutrition research reviews, 12(1), 3-23

Carbohydrate ingestion may reduce arousal, although some studies have failed to find this effect. Arousal has generally been measured by mood scales. Reductions in rated arousal have sometimes been interpreted as indicating direct effects of serotoni... Read More about The effects of carbohydrates on arousal.

The effects of sugar on subsequent eating and mood in obese and non-obese women (1998)
Journal Article
Reid, M., & Hammersley, R. (1998). The effects of sugar on subsequent eating and mood in obese and non-obese women. Psychology, Health and Medicine, 3(3), 299-313. https://doi.org/10.1080/13548509808400604

The effects of a sucrose drink (160 kcals/40 g cane sugar) on subsequent eating and mood state (Profile of Mood State) were examined in 45 obese and 45 non-obese women in a between-subjects, blind-design, using saccharin and water as two alternative... Read More about The effects of sugar on subsequent eating and mood in obese and non-obese women.

The effects of blind substitution of aspartame-sweetened for sugar-sweetened soft drinks on appetite and mood (1998)
Journal Article
Reid, M., & Hammersley, R. (1998). The effects of blind substitution of aspartame-sweetened for sugar-sweetened soft drinks on appetite and mood. British food journal, 100(5), 254-259. https://doi.org/10.1108/00070709810221508

It has been suggested that habitual consumers of sugar experience “cravings” when deprived. Subjects (n = 27) who habitually consumed sugar-sweetened drinks were placed on a seven-day regime receiving either sugar-sweetened drinks, or aspartame-sweet... Read More about The effects of blind substitution of aspartame-sweetened for sugar-sweetened soft drinks on appetite and mood.

Are simple carbohydrates physiologically addictive? (1997)
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Hammersley, R., & Reid, M. (1997). Are simple carbohydrates physiologically addictive?. Addiction research & theory, 5(2), 145-160. https://doi.org/10.3109/16066359709005256

Sugar and other carbohydrates are among the things to which it is claimed people can become addicted. A plausible physiological mechanism has been put forward to explain 'carbohydrate addiction' and this meshes with the folk psychology of dieting. Re... Read More about Are simple carbohydrates physiologically addictive?.