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Low carbohydrate diets and health benefits

March 18, 2016

Low carbohydrate diets effectiveness and health benefits: How it works to control weight

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Low carbohydrate diets effectiveness and health benefits is offering real time solutions to weight loss problem

From the founding fathers of this discovery (low carbohydrate diets) many physicians have over the last century applied Doctor Atkins discovery in the treatment of several health conditions including obesity, diabetes, and many other health problems. Some of the applications commonly used may include low carb high fat (LCHF), Rosedale diet, Atkins, Ketogenic and Protein power. In a little while and with the help of doctor Dalal Akoury MD, President and founder of AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center, we will be discussion in details low carbohydrates diets work in addressing all these health complications but in the meantime let us look at some of the benefits and side effects that may come with this application:

Prospective benefits

  • It provides the very best diet for carbohydrate-sensitive individuals
  • It encourages consumption of fatty foods which is the preference of many people
  • Improvement of energy
  • With this one may not need to count calories
  • Improvement of moods
  • It is one of the best and effective diet for weight loss
  • Possess high potential of eradicating food cravings and obsession
  • Offers good ways of managing chronic health complications

Even though the concept of low-carbohydrate diets was made popular in recent decades by Dr. Atkins, the concept was discovered very long time ago and has been in exisistance for more than a century now. Over the period quality scientific research findings have established that very low-carbohydrate diets are effective not only as a weight loss strategy, but also as a way of treating and in many cases preventing chronic conditions like diabetes, epilepsy and other common chronic diseases caused by insulin resistance. Now for us to find out how low carbohydrate diets works, we are going to seek answers to some questions as we move along in this order.

Low carbohydrate diets effectiveness and health benefits: How safe are low carbohydrate diets?

The question of safety is very vital and scientific evidence has confirmed that low carbohydrates are indeed safe. This has been further affirmed by the fact that over the years the indigenous Eskimos who were gatherers lived and thrived for centuries feeding essentially on almost carbohydrate free diet and no trace of complications were registered in them. It therefore means that the body can actually survive on a zero grams of carbohydrate and so eliminating carbohydrate from your diet will certainly not cause any harm to your health.

Besides the factors of safety highlighted above, it is important to note that, this is only applicable where one is in perfect health. That is to say if an individual is under certain medication like for instance that of any chronic health conditions like diabetes, heart disease or high blood pressure, such individuals needs to be under close supervision by their physician from the initial stages of this diet. This is very necessary for the medication dosage to be proper. The reason why this is necessary is because this diet can have a powerful effect on your body chemistry quite very fast. With that the blood pressure and blood sugar can naturally fall towards more normal values even in just a few days, thereby necessitating the need for medication dosages to be reduced progressively to avoid any possible serious medication side effects.

The effectiveness of low carbohydrate diets

If one was to ask if the administration of low carbohydrates is effective the answer would be yes and not just yes but exceptionally effective. Research has established that majority of people do lose essentially more body fat much faster and more comfortably on a low carbohydrate diets in relation to other tested diets. The message being passed there is simple and direct to the point that low carbohydrate diets are much healthier than other diets simply because they improve cholesterol profiles together with blood sugar or insulin profile far much better than other diets. The reason behind this is because carbohydrates are a driving force behind cholesterol and blood sugar problems. Experts have since concluded that these diets are actually the best for patients struggling with any pre-diabetes and even diabetes type I and II, besides this category of people this diet is also suitable for all those people who are generally carbohydrate sensitive. The good news about this diet is that it has the potential to entirely reverse the complications of type I and II diabetes.

Low carbohydrate diets effectiveness and health benefits: Ketogenic diets

The most interesting thing about ketogenic diet is that besides being very low in carbohydrates, it is also very limited in protein. These characteristics enable the body to burn fat for energy effectively. Over the years these low carbohydrates diets have been used to effectively and successfully treat epilepsy and have been seen to be much more effective in relation to the anti-seizure medications in most cases. At the moment researchers are busy carrying out test with a view of finding any possibilities of cancer treatment through the application of low carbohydrate diets and any positive result in this line will be a serious break through. Finally and besides the aforementioned, low carb diet is also recommended for treatment of mental health like depression, eating disorder, anxiety and bipolar disorder.

Low carbohydrate induction phase

Like with all new things sometime of adaptation will be necessary. If you are going to begin using low carb diet for the first time, things may not be as normal in the early stages of usage. Like for instance in most cases the first few hours (24-72 hours) of being introduced on a very low-carbohydrate diet, you will be faced with some tough situations as your body makes adjust to living without dietary sugars and starches. During this period of adaptation you are likely to feel some changes in your system including being irritable, hungry, moody and tired most of the time. You could also have trouble with sleeping and just feeling restless and unease. It is however important to note that these are very normal experiences and once you get through that preliminary withdrawal period, your body shall have become adaptable to the new environment and you will be able to feel much better.

Because the body was originally designed to be burning fat, our daily practices have made it almost impossible for this function to be performed effectively thanks to the high intake of carbs. And because of this the body has over a very long period of time been changed or reduced into a tool of carbs instead of burning fat. Because of this, it is therefore necessary that the body will have to take some few weeks to completely transition to its original function of burning fats and that is why there will be such feelings during the transition period.

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Hormones power in human beings daily lifestyle

March 17, 2016

Hormones power in human beings daily lifestyle: What you need to know about hormones

Understanding hormones power

With a better understanding hormones power, when kept at youthful levels all the time, we will age slowly and gracefully

The human body is kept and maintained by hormones power. These are chemicals which help keep the proper functionalities of the body normally and optimally in all areas including keeping your bones healthy, perfection in sexual health, focus and sharp brains. In fact hormones are actually involved in nearly all the biological functions besides what we have already mention others may include growth and metabolism, aging, weight management and even matters relating to immune functions. Therefore hormones power and especially the estrogen is very critical in the body since it goes beyond alleviating the common symptoms like hot flashes and night sweats. Besides all these the hormones power also can affect your brain, your cognitive ability and mental acuity or sharpness, short term memory as well as mood.

Doctor Dalal Akoury notes that even though these hormones play such critical roles in the body, there could be some problems here and there and especially when women become premenopausal or menopausal causing their ovaries either to decrease or stop producing sufficient units of the hormones estrogen, progesterone and testosterone. When this happens and more with estrogen, there will be some profound effects on memory and mood, ability to keep proper management of your body weight as well as your overall sense of well-being. It is therefore very important that at any given time the hormones needs to be well balanced for then to discharge their functions well.

Hormones power in human beings daily lifestyle: The role estrogen play

The change in estrogen levels that occur, even as early as premenopause, causes a disruption in chemicals in our brain called neurotransmitters. These neurotransmitters including Seratonin, Dopamine and Gaba are all reduced when estrogen levels decline. Besides they are also essential for maintaining mood, energy levels, sexual function decreasing stress, and improving upon sleep. Estrogen’s effect on mood is due to its ability to decreased seratonin levels and endorphins when levels are low. When estrogen levels are balanced, under normal hormonal states that we achieve through our program, women experience a dramatic improvement in mood. Estrogen actually protects nerves in your brain and encourages the formation of new communications between nerves. Many women we see have developed symptoms of depression, anxiety, and mood swings due to fluctuating or declining estrogen levels. The good news is, there is hope and treatment is available. If you are experiencing any of the symptoms mentioned above or below, I strongly urge you to have your hormone levels checked for deficiencies. Once I have your blood work and take a detailed history, we can initiate our program that naturally and effectively alleviates symptoms due to both hormone and brain chemistry imbalance.

Symptoms of estrogen deficiency

  • Depression or Mood Swings
  • Dry Scaling Skin
  • Foggy Thinking
  • Headaches
  • Hot Flashes
  • Increased number of Fine Lines in Skin
  • Loss of Libido
  • Low Energy
  • Night Sweats
  • Short Term Memory Loss
  • Sleep Problems
  • Urine Leakage
  • Vaginal Dryness
  • Weight Gain

Progesterone

Progesterone, like estrogen, has a multitude of effects throughout the body. Many of the effects of progesterone can be attributed to its ability to oppose or counter-balance the action of estrogen. Multiple physical and psychological problems at midlife are often caused by an imbalance between progesterone and estrogen, rather than a specific deficiency. Similar to estrogen’s affects’ on the brain, the brain is also highly responsive to progesterone. Insomnia, anxiety, and migraines are just a few of the conditions linked to an imbalance of progesterone. Whereas estrogen has an excitatory effect on the brain, progesterone’s effect is calming. Our goal is to establish the optimum natural hormone balance of both estrogen and progesterone. It is possible and can be tailored to meet your individual needs at the lowest dose needed. Imbalance between Progesterone and Estrogen Symptoms:

  • Irregular sleep patterns
  • Blood sugar level imbalance
  • Breast tissue overgrowth
  • Cyclical migraines
  • Depression and anxiety
  • Low libido.
  • Thyroid hormone dysfunction
  • Uterine lining excess tissue buildup

Testosterone

Testosterone is a hormone that is not only vital to men, but also women. Testosterone is an important sex hormone in women that not only regulates sex drive (libido), but also helps regulate bone mass, fat distribution, muscle mass and strength as well as energy levels. Like men women produce testosterone, albeit in smaller amounts, in their bodies as well. When levels are low, women experience not only loss of libido, but also weight gain and low energy and depression.

Symptoms of low testosterone:

  • Abdominal fat also known as pot belly
  • Deterioration in memory and cognitive skills
  • Decreased muscle mass and strength
  • Reduced sex drive (poor libido)
  • Fatigue where individual gets tired quite easily
  • Poor concentrate
  • Increased depression
  • Loss of body hair
  • Psychological symptoms including swinging mood, depression, anxiety, lack of vitality and sleep problems.
  • Sagging Skin

Hormones power in human beings daily lifestyle: Achieving hormone balance

Finally by now we should be familiar with the symptoms of hormones power imbalance that occur during premenopause and menopause. The list is endless but they may include changes in mood, irritability and increased mood swings, hot flashes, anxiety, not to mention aging and sagging of the skin and changes in sexual function and response. You could use a non-invasive lab test to help you know your hormone levels more so if you are experiencing any of the three symptoms we have already discussed. From the testing you will able to know what natural, alternative, or medical therapies you should in cooperate to correct the imbalance and disruption in your body’s hormone regulation. Like for instance patients with hormone imbalance visiting AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center under the able leadership of doctor Dalal Akoury, she will use bio-identical natural hormones combined with specific dietary changes, anti-oxidants and nutritional supplements. This is one of the safest approaches that effectively address the symptoms of decreased hormone levels as well as nutrition, weight loss and inflammation associated with aging. I want to give you an assurance that if this is your problem, then you need to schedule for an appointment with us today and once you begin we begin administering treatment, you will certainly be delighted with the improvement in Appetite Control and weight loss, heightened libido, mood stabilization, improvement in your skin, and increased energy.

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Excess sugar consumption

Healthy Foods for effective weight management

February 28, 2016

What kinds of foods are you feeding on?

Healthy foods

Healthy Foods for effective healthy weight management is the beginning of getting that lean body you seriously need.

This is a worthy question for all of us especially with the effects of addiction in most of our societies today. What we feed on counts a lot into how our health is and even the health of those around us. Like for instance when we don’t manage effectively what we eat, we are actually increasing our risks of being obese and you can imagine the health consequences of being obese or over weight. And so we ask how healthy is your food or should I say how bad is your diet? Experts are very clear in their findings that healthy foods are in themselves a good source of good health and lean weight. And for us to understand this, we spoke to experts from AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center under the able leadership of doctor Dalal Akoury who in her working experience of more than two decades now have been very resourceful in helping people across the globe find their place in the society by delivering natural healing to this problem of addiction.

If therefore you want to be a good manage of your weight, you must take keen interest of the food you are taking on a daily basis. We are aware that food is a substance that we need daily for the constant supply of energy but even in that good state, if we use food wrongly, it will be the very first to cause you serious health problem. But because we feed on various kinds of food stuff daily, we can use this opportunity to redeem ourselves from the scourge of food addiction by choosing only to feed on healthy food. In brief the point I am driving home is that if we work on our diet, we can be sure to reduce our weight with very minimal pain. Therefore with the right food, we are going to manage the weight problem progressively, but for now let us focus our attention on the foods to avoid for effective weight management.

All snacks with Carbs

Anytime you consume crackers, dry cereals, bread your body responds by converting the carbs into simple sugars then deposit them into your blood stream. The body then releases extra insulin which supports sugar absorption as fast as possible. Dr. Dalal Akoury (MD), a weight loss expert from AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center says that the sugar absorption leads to low sugar level in the body, which makes you crave for more sugary foods and more carbs. Some sugary foods have no nutritional value to satisfy that instant energy you need. As you consume more carbs, you also consume more healthy fats as well as more protein which is difficult to digest.

Healthy Foods for effective healthy management: Frozen meals and low fat foods

Food manufacturers use a lot of sodium to preserve food. Sodium naturally retains water for a longer time. So when you eat these foods, you eat sodium into your body which will cause you a lot of bloats and that will not work well with your efforts of weight loss. Besides that researchers have supported the idea of people eating low fat food. The problems however is, as a result of the removed flavor the manufacturers add sugar to the food. This added sugar is not good for weight loss campaign.

Healthy Foods for effective weight management: Artificially sweetened Drinks, grapes and fruit juice

When you want to reduce weight, you need to avoid any sweetened drinks as they are carbonated. They then make your stomach feel full, thus makes you eat less. Alongside with that many people like taking fruit juice as take aways believing that they are healthy. The truth is most of them miss out on the fact that during their preparation, a lot of sugar is added to flavor them. The consequence of that is they end up consuming a lot of sugar unknowingly. Fruit juice taken without sugar is good and is highly encouraged. And when it comes to grapes, the are sweet and of course being fruits, they are people’s favorites thinking that taking them is a good idea. The truth is, grapes add more sugar into your system since they have high sugar content which then starts craving for more sweeter stuff. If you want to include grapes in your diet, ensure you also have some protein, with low calorie to stabilize your blood sugar.

White rice, certain breakfast cereals and salted nuts

White rice does serious harm to the weight loss campaign. Unfortunately, this is something that many people do not take serious. As compared to the brown rice, it has little nutrients. It is processed very fast thereby sending your blood sugar up. This is likely to results into energy crash which comes not so long after eating the white rice. This will then prompt you to look for food in order to energize the body more. Brown rice is also more nutritious and has less craving as compared to white rice.

Bread is generally low in fat but high in sugar. Do you take bread as a healthy food? Remember that bread has sugar, and its intake translates to a lot of sugar in the body. Natural cereals high in protein can therefore be a good substitute in place of bread. Besides that nuts are good because of the protein they add to the body. However, the salted nuts add more calories into your system. Unsalted nuts on the other hand are better because there will be no consumption of salt.

 Most pasta canned and dried fruits

Many of us love pasta because of the energy it adds but what we forget is that it is simply carbs. Most carbs are not healthy foods and only add a lot of blood sugar which is quite unhealthy. As for canned fruits researchers have established that they are loaded with sugar, hence are not good for people working on their weight loss programs. Remember that too much consumption of canned fruits adds a lot of sugar to the body therefore instead of the canned fruits; you can go for the fresh fruits. On the other hand most of the dried are loaded with sugar. So, to avoid too much of sugar uptake, you must avoid dried fruits at all costs. If you eat a lot of dried fruits, you add a lot of sugar into your system which if not burned, will lead to added weight.

Healthy Foods for effective weight management: Alcohol

Amazingly enough, alcohol lovers are always ready to shell out even to the last coin, even when taxes are increased. Alcohol is harmful in nature. It adds more calories to the body, which then leads to addition of more weight. Those taking alcohol make poor decision when it comes to food. They then end up eating fried foods every time they take alcohol.

Finally the list is endless and from the discussion it is evident that most of the food items we feed do more harm than good to health. It is no wonder that for effective weight loss we must all take keen interest in balancing the foods we eat, since all of them add up to something in your body. this may pose a challenge and if that is the case then doctor Dalal Akoury will be more than willing to help you out up on scheduling for an appointment with her.

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Taming food addiction to improve your health

February 27, 2016

Taming food addiction before it complicates your health: Necessary steps to take

Taming food addiction

Taming food addiction before it complicates your health is a must do for all people in this generation

Has it ever occurred to you that one of the most basic needs in life could turn into a serious health problem? Many times when you look at what you want to eat all you do is to invite appetite and begin the celebration. I am not saying that is not right however I want to bring to your attention that food may be good for the body but when not used well, could be the real nightmare we don’t want to associate with. Keep reading and find out why taming food addiction before it complicates your health is a must do thing in this generation. And like we have mention before, addiction does not necessarily have to involve an addictive substance or drug. The term addiction on the other hand can be used to describe any excessive behavior including compulsive eating. Form the various studies done to date, there are different opinions and thought about addiction but the scientific literature in the area of food addiction is still in the beginning stages of investigations and many experts believe that addiction to food really isn’t about the food.

That is to say that food is a variable that do not have addictive properties that may make someone to depend on unlike chemical substances. According to the experts from AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center under the able leadership of doctor Dalal Akoury MD, President and founder of the establishment, food addiction has more to do with the user, that is to say how a one behaves around food, what he think about food and how he relates or his habits with food. Doctor Akoury says that the habits are the real source of the addiction. We therefore must be careful with how we relate with food because for many food can become a way of coping with emotional matters and if this is done repeatedly, the consequences is that this coping mechanism can result into addiction. The danger comes in the sense that by using food as a means to deal with complications like anxiety, stress, grief, etc., the body is likely to become conditioned to crave that process to feel relief.

The other danger about food is that many at times people do associate pleasure with foods particularly those that contain fat, sugar and salt. Because of the vulnerabilities of these food elements, we get introduced to this at a young age when candy and soda are given as a “treat” or “reward” for good behavior, or when we have excelled in academic with good grades or during normal celebrations. Research studies have shown the reward centers of the brain to light up and release dopamine when pleasurable foods are consumed. The question that follows would be “could this be that we’ve conditioned our bodies to react this way?” Let’s respond to that subsequently as we progress into the discussion.

Taming food addiction before it complicates your health: The slippery slope of food addiction

Like we have said food is a basic need and we all need to eat to get the constant supply of energy to move. It therefore means that people do not just decide that they want to feel out of control with food. It’s often a slippery slope that leads a one into food addiction. Because of this we need to be on the alert to be safe from the temptation of being addicted to food. The following are some of the common warning signs and traits among people suffering from food addiction:

  • Rewarding/treating yourself with food
  • Thinking about food all the time
  • Restrictive dieting
  • Eating in secret or sneaking food
  • Feeling out of control with food
  • Feeling disgusted, guilty or upset after eating
  • Feeling stressed or tension that is only relieved by eating
  • Weight fluctuations and/or difficulty managing weight
  • Body dissatisfaction
  • Feeling unsatisfied even after meal times
  • Changes in mood
  • Labeling food as “good” and “bad”

Taming food addiction before it complicates your health: Overcoming food addiction

Taming food addiction is a process worth taking by everyone if we want to find lasting freedom from this condition. Doctor Akoury and her team of experts can help you redeem your-self professionally. For a full recovery you can call doctor Akoury today to help you take back the power from food so that you can achieve a full recovery. And as you consider that the following are some steps you may want to consider to help you or someone recovering from food addiction:

Healthy relationship with food – Unlike with 12-step addiction-based recovery models where individuals are encouraged to remain abstinent for healing, when it comes to food addiction, things are different because we still need to eat because food is a necessity to life. Therefore anyone struggling with food addiction must learn how to eat properly again by establishing a healthy relationship with food.

Management of consumption of unsafe foods – What we call unsafe foods is still foods and must be taken in moderation (proper management) so that we remain on a healthy by feeding on healthy food. However if for example one binges on ice cream because of a stressful situation, it’s advisable not to keep it in the house.

Structured meal plan – With a well-structured meal plan anybody suffering from an unhealthy relationship with food can bounce back on the right track of recovery. With this done the individual victim will be able to set safe boundaries with food. And alongside that the individual will feel satisfied thereby reducing the physiological need to eat. Remember that it’s more enticing to be out of control with food when there is physical deprivation.

Adopt healthy coping strategies – Address reasons for turning to food to cope by identifying much healthier coping mechanisms and strategies so that one can begin learning healthier means of dealing with emotions.

Finally taming food addiction before it complicates your health is one that will need real consultation with experts just to void making costly mistakes. Calling doctor Dalal Akoury for help will be very beneficial to you as she will professionally take you through the recovery process. And even as you consider doing that it is important to note that in order to defeat food addiction, one need to be very patient because it is a process and may not happen overnight as you may want. A registered dietitian or a licensed therapist who is specialized in the area of disordered eating will be very instrumental in offering solutions by helping you in the implement appropriate strategies and providing accountability and sound advice.

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Obesity and Addiction: Food and Drug Reward Overlap in Brain

February 24, 2016

Obesity and Addiction:  Food and Drug Reward Overlapping Circuits in Human

Obesity can be a consequence of hormone imbalance, genetic mutations, and other diseases, but obesity can also be a direct result of eating disorder – food addiction. What do food and drugs have in common? They can both make you addicted and have adverse effects on your life and do severe damage to your health. Food and drug reward overlapping circuits prove our body is amazing work of art: there are millions and millions of processes going on, and our brain can develop good or bad habits, depending on many different factors. Finding the similarities between obesity and addiction helps treat the disorder more efficiently and proves everything can be normalized once the real cause of the problem is detected.

food and drug reward overlapHow food and drug reward circuits overlap?

The key word to this question is dopamine. This hormone plays an essential role in both food and drug addictions. Overeating is the first signal of addiction. Any other consumption of food other than eating from hunger is driven by reward properties that affect mesolimbic dopamine (DA) pathways. Although food and drugs activate DA pathways differently, the result is the same: our body produces hormone of happiness as if we did something good and got rewarded for it. Just like Pavlov’s dog, our body produces dopamine even before the food is consumed, making changes in our brain and causing the circle of addiction. Our brain tricks us and makes us think this food will do us good and that we need to eat it: we see food, our brain sends the signal of happiness and desire to eat it; we eat it because we want this dopamine hormone to increase; we connect food consumption to the feeling of pleasure, and we practically become addicted to dopamine caused by food consumption. This is the reward cycle which is pretty much similar to drug addiction.

How is addiction born?

If this action of consuming food when not hungry repeats over time, supraphysiological DA is repeatedly stimulated and this causes plastic changes in the brain. This means we will react the same way over and over again because our brain is used to perceiving food as a reward. Vulnerable individuals are more likely to develop food addiction and to have “plastic changes in brain”. If you want to learn more about addictions, how and why they appear and how different addictions are treated, register for Integrative Addiction Conference (http://integrativeaddictionconference.com ). Educated professionals will share their knowledge, latest researches in science and their experience with you.

What kind of cycles exists?

Proper functioning of neuronal circuits is required to gain the ability to resist the urge for drugs or food. Six of those circuits are important for addiction: reward/saliency, inhibitory control/executive function, conditioning/habits, motivation/drive and interoception and aversion avoidance/stress reactivity. What maintains the overconsumption of foods or the taking of drugs is the discrepancy between the blunted neurophysiological effects and the expectation for the food/drug effects (conditioned responses).

Drug addicted and obese individuals have more in common than impairments in dopaminergic pathways. These pathways regulate the neuronal system, which can be associated with more than reward sensitivity. Conditioning (learning/memory), stress reactivity, impulse control and interoceptive awareness are also controlled by the neuronal system and are affected by dopaminergic pathways. Dopamine controls all these and is the key to both drug addiction and obesity.

According to neuroimaging studies, the middle insula plays a critical role in cravings for cocaine, cigarettes and – food. Individuals with damage in this region are more likely to stop with their addictions without experiencing relapse or cravings. The insula has another important role: it is a primary gustatory area. This area participates in many aspects of eating behavior, for example in taste. On the other side, the rostral insula (which is connected to primary taste cortex) processes and represents the pleasantness or reward value of the food one is about to eat. Insular is involved in the interceptive sense of the body, in motivation, in emotion and emotional awareness; therefore, a contribution of insular impairment in obesity is expected.

addiction overlapIntegrative Addiction Conference is the place where you can find much more about the connection between drug addiction and obesity and the way the brain works. Visit our website and register for this incredible educational experience:  http://integrativeaddictionconference.com/

Although obesity and addiction overlap in the brain circuits, there is still a difference: food intake behavior regulation is much more complex than the regulation of drugs. Drug intake is mediated by rewarding effects of drugs while food intake is controlled not only by hedonic factors (rewarding factors) but also by multiple peripheral and central factors; these factors are the so-called homeostatic factors; they sense the nutrient requirements of the body necessary for survival). Science is discovering more and more evidence that homeostatic factors (insulin, leptin, ghrelin…) modulate food intake; homeostatic factors increase and decrease the sensitivity of brain reward circuits to food stimuli.

Overall, the rewarding cycle is present in both food overconsumption and drug abuse; there are many more overlapping points of two circuits. You can find out more at the conference. Professionals will give you any information you need and remove your doubts. Visit the website and register for education: http://integrativeaddictionconference.com/

 

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