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Food Brings Double Dose of Pleasure to Your Brain - Web MD
There may be a powerful reason why you can't resist that plate of brownies.
It turns out that eating causes the release of dopamine in your brain not once, but twice, German scientists report.
First, the feel-good hormone is unleashed as you eat. But the same thing happens again once that food hits your tummy, they said.
To come to that conclusion, researchers used a newly developed PET scan technique. Scans let them identify when dopamine is released, as well as the areas of the brain linked to dopamine release.
There may be a powerful reason why you can't resist that plate of brownies.
It turns out that eating causes the release of dopamine in your brain not once, but twice, German scientists report.
First, the feel-good hormone is unleashed as you eat. But the same thing happens again once that food hits your tummy, they said.
To come to that conclusion, researchers used a newly developed PET scan technique. Scans let them identify when dopamine is released, as well as the areas of the brain linked to dopamine release.