We connect food and pleasure when it comes to certain flavors, but you may not know that some foods partner with chemical messengers in your brain to make you feel great. Known as “dopamine foods,” ...

It's the time of year where we're somewhere between feeling motivated to build new, positive habits, and being weighed-down by the trenches of cold weather and dark mornings. However, it turns out ...

Have you ever felt stressed so you reach for a quick treat—maybe a handful of your kids' gummy bears or a bag of salty potato chips—just to try to feel better? We've all been there. But it turns out ...

Dopamine detoxes are all over social media, with many influencers talking about doing a "five-day dopamine detox" in which they stay away from social media, podcasts, TV, processed food, and other ...

Ranking hormones is a fairly pointless pastime but if we had to, dopamine would take the crown. Testosterone (in men) is probably a close second and cortisol can do one but dopamine is the big ‘feel ...

If we were to completely detox from dopamine, we wouldn't be able to function, let alone stay alive. "Dopamine detoxes" have involved people intentionally avoiding behaviors or substances that trigger ...

You’ve probably seen the term “dopamine detox” all over social media. Beauty influencers and wellness gurus alike have been touting the practice across TikTok and Instagram, with promises that it can ...

Are cookies and chips the new cigarettes? And soda, breakfast cereals and ice cream the new opioids? In his new book, “Diet, Drugs, and Dopamine: The New Science of Achieving a Healthy Weight” ...