Posts under ‘craving’

Living Angel or Devil Parts of Brain?

May 8th, 2009
by eweber.
11 comments

It’s now believed that you have both angel and devil brain parts and these two forces stay in consistent battle for your actions. Do you agree? Researchers looked at activity in the brain for healthy and unhealthy food choices and what they found may surprise you. Angel brain parts help people to consider abstract decisions [...]

10 Tragic Traits in Mind of Bullies and Cynics

Mar 7th, 2009
by eweber.
53 comments

Only after you hit unethical walls raised by scorn from the cynic, do you value freedom flights toward its opposite – the curious mind. I’m speaking of that chronically negative person, who expresses disdain for innovative ideas, where stressed brains rely on habit and distrust reigns. For Russel Lynes, cynicism’s the pseudo-intellectual’s substitute for intelligence. [...]

Molecular Switch to Control Craving?

Nov 25th, 2008
by eweber.
7 comments

Good news for those who crave cigarettes. Scientists recently discovered a molecular switch to shut off nicotine cravings. The key is to effectively block hypocretin-1 receptors that lead to craving for nicotine, and thereby lessen people’s desire for cigarettes. The human brain triggers a yearning for food, nicotine or alcohol, when certain chemical reactions occur. [...]

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