Altered Brain Activity In Obese Women: Study Shows That Activity In The Reward Centers Of Obese Women React Differently To Food

Altered Brain Activity In Obese Women: Study Shows That Activity In The Reward Centers Of Obese Women React Differently To Food
Food Cues And Your Brain On Obesity: New Study Shows That Obese Women’s Brains Continue To React To Food Signals Even When They Are Full As we learn more and more about the brain, the more we learn about how the entirety of the human body is interconnected. From evidence that gut bacteria can control our cravings for certain foods to a recent study that seems to indicate that obese women’s brains continue to react to food stimuli even after they are full, there has never before been such a time when we might understand how the organism works.… Read the rest

Fighting Germs Through Reward Stimulation: How Feeling Good May Help Boost The Immune System

Fighting Germs Through Reward Stimulation: How Feeling Good May Help Boost The Immune System
Immune System May Be Linked To Feeling Good: Rewarding Stimulation Found To Cause Heightened Immune Response To Germs Feeling good may actually help you to…well, feel good. Scientists looking at how the body fights germs when nerve cells in the brain that signal reward are lit up say that positive feelings may be linked to a supercharged immune system based on a study conducted on mice but which may have broad implications for how humans treat illness in the future.… Read the rest