On a recent episode of Extreme Weight Loss, the star was a young woman who was addicted to high-fat junk foods. To motivate her to change her diet, trainer Chris Powell volunteered to eat what the ...

As young people reach adulthood, their preferences for sweet foods typically decline. But for people with obesity, new research suggests that the drop-off may not be as steep and that the brain's ...

Dopamine—a neurotransmitter responsible for influencing motivation, pleasure, mood and learning in the brain—has experienced ...

First, using an addictive substance causes the release of a chemical messenger called dopamine in the reward network, which ...

“Crowd your plate with real food like vegetables, quality protein, healthy fats and whole foods,” Hyman advised. Focus on ...

A groundbreaking study has revealed how obesity drug Mounjaro affects brain signals linked to cravings. Researchers observed that the medication temporarily blunts "food noise" in the brain's reward ...

You probably learned to eat quickly out of necessity – rushing through breakfast before work, wolfing down lunch between meetings, or finishing dinner while watching TV. But your brain wasn’t designed ...