Serotonin

The New 'Magic' Surgery for Weight Loss

Judith J. Wurtman, PhD | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: Bariatric Surgery, Effect-of-Serotonin, Healthy Eating Habits, Weight Loss Choices, Pose, Emotional Overeating, Serotonin, Weight Loss Surgery, Weight Loss, Gastric Surgery, Bypass Surgery, Healthy Living News

Bariatric surgery, whether a stomach bypass operation or sewing together bits of a stomach lining, is not sufficient to prevent emotional overeating or the failure to accept a permanent commitment to health eating and exercise.

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Overeating Flare-Ups: Are They the Cause of Chronic Obesity?

Judith J. Wurtman, PhD | Posted 01.17.2012

Read More: Neuroscience, Managing Overeating, Maintaining Weight Loss, Weight Gain, Healthy Approaches to Eating, Diet, Regained Weight, Serotonin, Weight Loss, Overeating, Healthy Living News

Ultimately, dieters who are plagued by chronic overeating flare-ups may be able to diminish their severity because they learn from past experience how to handle the situations that are causing them to stop following a calorie-conscious food plan.

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WATCH: Depression: My Story

HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 12.16.2011

Read More: Psychiatry, Dopamine, Therapy, Depression, Mental Health, Major Depressive Disorder, Science, Psychology, Mental Illness, Video, Antidepressants, Brain, Talk Nerdy to Me, Norepinephrine, Cara Santa Maria, Serotonin, Ssri, Education News

Depressed people don't choose to be sick. They want to be well. Believe me, I know, because I know I'm sick -- but I also know that I am more than my disease.

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WATCH: Let's Talk About Sex: The Science of Love

HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 11.25.2011

Read More: Caudate Nuclei, Dopamine, Oxytocin, Science of Love, Ventral Tegmental Area, Nucleus Accumbens, Science, Bonding, Video, Neuroscience, Ecstasy, Brain, Talk Nerdy to Me, Sex, Cara Santa Maria, Love, Serotonin, Education News

Neuroscientists have shown that in some ways, love is similar to addiction.

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Will Feeding Your Employees Make Them More Productive?

Judith J. Wurtman, PhD | Posted 01.10.2012

Read More: Energy, Healthy Living Body, Food and Energy, Mental Performance, Work Productivity, Food and Mood, Work-Performance, Diet and Nutrition, Mood, Productivity, Serotonin, Custom Diet and Nutrition, Healthy Living News

Companies are attempting to enhance productivity of their employees by offering perks and making the workplace a more pleasant environment. However, feeding workers might decrease productivity.

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Carbohydrates For Weight Loss?

Judith J. Wurtman, PhD | Posted 07.19.2011

Read More: Summer, Bathing Suit Season, Lifestyle, Carbohydrates, Diet, How to Lose Weight, Serotonin, Weight Loss, Serotonin Weight Loss, Healthy Living News

One trivial but still agonizing stress of the season is going into a dressing room with a handful of bathing suits. Moans and gasps reverberate off the walls as customers take the first real look at their bodies since Christmas.

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Will The Dukan Diet Turn Kate Into A Bridezilla?

Judith J. Wurtman, PhD | Posted 05.28.2011

Read More: Royal Wedding, High Protein Diet Side Effects, Carbohydrates, Pre-Wedding-Stress, Serotonin, Dukan Diet, Weight Loss, Home News

Be prepared for the newest trend in weight loss. It's called the Dukan diet. Carbs are out, yet again.

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7 Solid Reasons To Smile

Anne Naylor | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Success, Connecting, Personal Accountability, Endorphins, Service, Well-Being, Winning, Freedom, Serotonin, Smile, Relaxation, Better Sleep, Health, Happiness, Smiling, Healthy Living News

Smiling is a key strategy for getting free of a particularly heavy frame of mind and emotions. It amazes me how something so simple and doable could make such a profound difference in my ability to function effectively again.

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Why You Crave Carbs Late In The Day

Judith J. Wurtman, PhD | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dropping Serotonin Levels, Serotonin Levels Deficiency, Healthy Serotonin Levels, Serotonin Levels, Serotonin, Seratonin, Home News

Many people experience a decline in their mood late in the afternoon and with it, a need to snack on a sweet or starchy food.The combination of a mood and appetite change is a signal that serotonin activity may be dropping.

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A Valentine Date With Chocolate

Judith J. Wurtman, PhD | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Personal Health, Valentine's Day Chocolate, Chocolate Brain, Chocolate, Valentine's Day, Chocolate Emotions, Brain Serotonin, Chocolate Serotonin, Serotonin, Happiness, Food News

Chocolate is unique in its ability to satisfy the taste buds and mouth sensations. What other food can bring about this joy?

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Chowing Down in Florence

Judith J. Wurtman, PhD | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Weight Loss Tips, Italy, Depression, Weight Loss, Good-Carbs-Bad-Carbs, Serotonin, Carbs, Health, Healthy Living News

We will never stop gaining weight as a country and start to lose it until we are willing to change our perceptions of what is normal food intake.

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A Mother's Movement To Stop Suicide

Esmeralda Williamson-Noble | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: UK, John Sexton, Cornell's President, Mother's Day, Sandra Bullocks's Husband, Eastern & Western Models of Health, Melatonin, Stress Reduction Techniques, Cornell Students, NYU's Bobst, England, The Ellington Bridge, The British Coal Story, Kate Gosselin, Get Your Wellness On, Aids, Andrew Kowning, Michael Blosil, Yoga, Depression, NYU's President, Cameron Dabaghi, Suicide, Andrew Williamson-Noble, East Asian Studies Major, NYU's College of Arts and Science, Bobst, Mandarin, Coming Out of the Closet, NYU's Library, Meditation, East Asian Studies, Serotonin, Impact News

Almost Mother's Day, and the sorrow in my heart grows like an unborn baby in the mother's womb. My beloved twenty year-old son, Andrew, left my womb...

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Boost Your Mood Naturally

health.com | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Creativity, Pets, Boost Your Mood, Painting, Diet, Mood, Animals, Journal, Happiness, Create, Omega-3, Fish, Self-Expression, Smiling, Journaling, Serotonin, Life Happiness, Smile, Healthy Living News

Who needs a vacation to feel happier? Simple things (like hugging your pup) can brighten your day. Here's our list of things to do to boost your mood ...

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Priligy, First Pill To Stop Premature Ejaculation, Goes On Sale In UK

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: UK, Serotonin, United Kingdom, Sex, Premature Ejaculation, Dapoxetine, Priligy, Priligy Pill, World News

The UK is bracing itself for the release of the first pill designed to end premature ejaculation. Medical trials have shown that just one tablet of t...

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Hope For SIDS Kids And Their Parents

Dr. Michael J. Breus | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Infants, Sids, Serotonin, Neurotransmitters, Sleep, Parenting Tips, Sleep Tips, Health, How to Sleep Better, Parenting, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, Healthy Living News

Recently, a little bit of good news finally surfaced in the hunt for what causes sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS): abnormal serotonin levels in the baby's brain.

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Change Your Brain, Change Your Body

Daniel Amen, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Green Tea, Gaba, Dopamine, Deep Limbic System, Prefrontal Cortex, Brain, Change Your Brain Change Your Body, Anxious Overeaters, Compulsive Overeaters, Sad Overeaters, Impulsive Overeaters, Impulsive-Compulsive Overeaters, Basal Ganglia, Weight Loss, Anterior Cingulate Gyrus, Serotonin, 5-Htp, Healthy Living News

There's a reason why most diets don't work: they take the one-size-fits-all approach. According to my research, that approach makes absolutely no sense at all.

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How To Achieve Natural Highs

Dr. Tian Dayton | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Acoas, Addiction, Addiction & Recovery, Mental Health, Happiness Tips, Serotonin, Happiness, Video, Healthy Living News

Here's what these "natural antidepressants" can do for us. Serotonin keeps our moods balanced and up beat. It calms anxiety and improves our sleep.

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SIDS Babies And Serotonin Study Reveals Missing Link

usatoday.com | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Serotonin Study, Health, SIDS Babies, Living, SIDS Study, Sids, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, Serotonin, Study, SIDS Babies and Serotonin, Healthy Living News

Researchers may have solved the mystery of what makes some babies vulnerable to sudden infant death syndrome, or SIDS, which kills more than 2,300 bab...

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'Reefer Mad' Mainstream Media Does It Again

Paul Armentano | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cannabis, Depression, Brain, Marijuana, Health, Teens, Dea, Adolescents, Brain Damage, Thc, Drugs, War on Drugs, Pot, Anxiety, Serotonin, Politics News

For anyone who missed the worldwide corporate media's hysterical anti-pot headlines last week, here's a sampling.

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7 Healthy Reasons To Enjoy Chocolate--Without the Guilt!

Dr. Patricia Fitzgerald | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Dopamine, Dark Chocolate, Cholesterol, Chocolate, Patricia Fitzgerald, Cocoa, Serotonin, Antioxidant, Flavonoid, Guilt-Free Chocolate, Healthy Living News

It might not be much of a surprise when we read about how eating broccoli can lower the risk of certain cancers, or how loaded with antioxidants fruit...

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What Would Happen if Men Lost their Testosterone for a Few Days Each Month?

Rebecca Booth, MD | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Dopamine, Moods, Endorphins, Testosterone, Pms, Premenstrual Syndrome, Ssris, Bioidentical Hormones, Hormones, Serotonin, Neurotransmitters, Healthy Living News

Understanding the hormonal cycle is imperative for maximizing our physical and mental health, and the younger the woman is when she is enlightened, the better off she will be.

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Love and Chocolate

Kay Goldstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Richart Chocolates, Aphrodite Chocolates, Chilmark Chocolates, Bittersweet, Chocolate, Sharon Tyler Herbst, Janet Vine, Passion, Valentine?S Day, Love, Aphrodisiac, Serotonin, Style News

I still don't know if chocolate is really an aphrodisiac. But I know this for sure: I could never be really close to someone who didn't like chocolate.

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Eat and Be Happy: Foods that Boost Your Happy Neurotransmitters

Janice Taylor | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Serotonin, Fast Weight Loss, Happiness, Janice Taylor, Kick in the Tush Club, Health, Depression, Dopamine, Our Lady of Weight Loss, How to Lose Weight, Norepinephrine, Healthy Living News

I thought it might be useful to know what foods bring forth the best feelings. Yes, foods change the chemical structure in your brain, and therefore have an impact on your mood.

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Study: The Effects Of Serotonin On Spirituality

Psychology Today | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Pyschology Today, Effect of Serotonin, The Inner Life, Serotonin, Healthy Living News

According to Psychology Today and referencing the American Journal of Psychiatry, serotonin, the brain chemical in charge of moderating mood, metaboli...

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