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Blame it on DOPAMINE (interesting)

posted 8 years ago by Maya55555
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"It's so hard".

http://www.couragetochange.com.au/articles/depleted-brain-chemistry-and-overeating

"...and Dr. Now doesn't get it."

"A stitch in time, saves your embarrassment." (RIP Ms. Penny LoBello)

[–] Maya55555 8 years ago

This is great info.

"A stitch in time, saves your embarrassment." (RIP Ms. Penny LoBello)

[–] hodie1 8 years ago

It's an ad, isn't it?

[–] Maya55555 8 years ago

Whether it is or is not, the basic info is there. People over eat to give themselves pleasure as controlled by the neurotransmitter dopamine.

"A stitch in time, saves your embarrassment." (RIP Ms. Penny LoBello)

[–] Gabe1972 8 years ago

Dopamine is great and terrible at the same time.

It's a dopamine spike that those "call within the next ten minutes and get a second one absolutely free" infomercials are counting on. It's why they say to wait a half hour before ordering something you've seen on TV. By that time the dopamine levels are back to normal and you'll be thinking clearly.

Time wounds all heels.

[–] Maya55555 8 years ago

I asked my neurologist, in view of the obesity "epidemic"; it lies upon some people's dopamine levels. Neurotransmitters do fluctuate depending on the patient.

"A stitch in time, saves your embarrassment." (RIP Ms. Penny LoBello)