Eating when full: A battle between two brain signals

Why do we keep eating when we’re full? Scientists uncover a fight for control between two small adjacent brain areas plus involvement of the opioid system.

Pregnant Moms Addicted To Junk Food May Pass Addiction Onto Offspring

Here’s another reason why a healthy diet during pregnancy is critical to the future health of your children: New research published in the March 2013 issue of The FASEB Journal, suggests that pregnant mothers who consume junk food actually cause changes in the development of the opioid signaling pathway in the brains of their unborn children…