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Food Addiction and Stress Eating Mechanism Identified

By experimenting with mice that were bred to have no sweet-taste ability, a direct link of food intake to pleasure has been identified for the first time. This mechanism is important because it links food acquisition directly to addictive or stress-related eating “solutions.”

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ADHD Involves Disturbed Reward Brain Circuitry

There are a number of brain-related issues involved with the attention deficit problem. New research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association shows that one of the problems is a lack of dopamine. Dopamine is needed for motivation and a sense of reward for attaining something. Dopamine is behind “brain drive” that engages a person consistently towards a goal.

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The Addictive Nature of Compulsive Eating

Is there any difference between obsessive eating and drug addiction? The answer, as far as brain circuitry is concerned, is no. Both problems are about reward circuitry in the brain gone awry. Pleasure is required for survival and pleasure is required for addiction – a conundrum of the highest order magnitude.

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Are Food Cravings and Excess Food Consumption a Sign of Brain Damage?

The problem with sliding down the slippery slope of slow and progressive weight gain over the years is that you may have a lot of trouble pulling yourself up and out of the hole. In fact, new science says you most likely cause brain damage by eating too much food. Such damage causes you to crave and eat what you know you shouldn't. A variety of new studies shed light on the complex and fascinating subject of food cravings and your mind.

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