Food addictions can drive your food choices.
The nucleus accumbens secretes unusually large amounts of the neurotransmitter dopamine when you eat real or artificial sugar causing binging. The amygdala becomes active driving you emotionally when you are hungry. The orbitofrontal cortex (just above the orbits of the eyes) monitors eating but when you overeat it shuts off (activating another nearby region making it easier to overeat). Even obese people having hormonal imbalances respond the same way. These biological responses indicate the brain processes stimuli related to eating in the same way it responds to other addictive stimuli.
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You will relearn what your body needs to eat and how much. At the same time you'll discover what it feels like to be really full physically and emotionally. Eating will become a conscious act of nourishment and self love.
The Healing Edge is located in Novato, California two miles east of highway 101 in Marin County.
Results are guaranteed. If you do not make progress, your money will be refunded.