Dopamine

After watching a news program last night I learned that salt, fat and sugar trigger dopamine release in the brain.  Dopamine is the chemical in the brain that regulates emotion.  I feel I am doomed.  That sounds too dramatic.  I mentioned to my husband that I thought it was salt I craved.  Then I have honestly discovered that if I save my calories so that I could eat two hot dogs with chips, I really feel like crap afterwards. Well on top of the hot dogs I had lemon pie and banana pudding.  Those last two probably help contribute to the crappy feeling for seven hours afterward. 

The TV show featured a woman who had electrodes implanted in her brain to stop her cravings.  She would drink a liter of Pepsi a day, plus eat other things.  She went through gastric bypass and she was still morbidly obese.  She was my height and weighed exactly 100 pounds more than I do. With the new electrodes, her cravings dimished.  Scientists claim they have proved it's all about what's going on in your brain, not stomach.  Duh...... 

Yesterday was the first day I have not exercised.  A hurricane got in my way.  

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