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 ...

Researchers found that cutting the vagus nerve in mice reduced dopamine activity and lessened the frequency of reward ...

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 protein, healthy fats and fiber — especially in the morning. “Eat breakfast ...

University of Delaware professor Lisha Shao is co-author of a new study in Current Biology that shows how the brain assigns value to taste in real time. Using fruit flies as a model, her team ...