reward system

These ultra-processed foods usually have longer shelf lives and are highly appealing, as they are convenient and contain a combination of sugar, fat, salt and carbohydrates which affect the brain's reward system, making it hard to stop eating.

"It fulfils that dopamine reward system," he explains.

"It demonstrates the enduring consequences that prenatal cannabis exposure exerts on the brain's reward system, which ultimately results in a neurobiological vulnerability to opioid drugs."

And if you're sipping a pumpkin spice latte, the high levels of sugar in the drink also trigger the brain's reward system, releasing feel good chemicals making us crave more.

In the last year, the City Council has made an effort to curb thefts by pouring more funding into a copper wire task force and proposing a cash reward system for anyone who reports a crime related to the theft of metals from public infrastructure.