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Are you an introvert or an extrovert?

Do you think a paleo diet selects for one or the other? http://www.carlkingcreative.com/10-myths-about-introverts
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Is the food reward hypothesis backwards?

A study that's been mentioned a few places suggests that obesity is not caused by food being too rewarding and encouraging one to eat more, but rather by food eaten being not rewar …
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How to increase dopamine through diet and lifestyle?

Any idea of how to maximize dopamine through diet? I see alot of stuff about protein and b vitamins and whole grains and blah blah but it's all pretty vague. Dopamine is tied with …
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excess serotonin & leaky stools

I an beginning to think a large part of my ibs symptoms are directly due to dysregulation of serotonin in my system, gut and or brain. The evidence is out there that excess seroto …
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dopamine and drugs question

curious about whether cocaine use has any lingering effects on the brain, even after the activity has been stopped? Does a dopamine addiction fuel cocaine use, or does cocaine use …
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What role does inflammation play in brain hormones like dopamine and leptin?

I've heard a lot of talk about how important balancing our neurotransmitters is, and the ones that are mentioned are usually gaba, serotonin, acetylcholine, etc. But I hardly ever …
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Fantastically nerdy/smart people…please hack my dopamine

I've been reading and waiting for a personal revelation in the food reward discussions. I continue to read Guyenet, Stanton, Roberts, the blogs/controversies etc. to try and under …
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Dr K, do you have any suggestions for ADD?

I stopped life long crushing depression by doing an autoimmune version of the paleo diet (back/neck pain largely went away as well). I also more then cut in half my generalized anx …
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Do I need to find something to replace the dopamine hits related to eating, or eliminate the pattern altogether?

I read about dopamine in connection to food/brain reward pathways all the time. My question is about folks trying to break free of SAD patterns/cravings. People in such a position …
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Cordyceps Hack on the Brain

I have been studying some dopamine/serotonin stuff lately as I keep rather quiet in the primal world gaining fat for fertility(my mind is a mess but thank you PHD) but anyways I wo …
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The Dopaminergic Mind In Human Evolution

Has anybody read the above book, or anything like it? "Briefly, Dr. Previc presents the provocative theory that approximately 80,000 years ago, high levels of dopamine led to the …
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A High-Fat Diet Alters Crucial Aspects of Brain Dopamine Signaling - Good or bad?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/07/100713011053.htm how does this affect paleo diet and living?