by admin | Mar 19, 2013 | Eating Naturally, Natural Remedies, Natural weight loss, Naturopathic health, Nutrition
What you eat and when you eat it can have a big impact on your mood. You can improve your mood and increase your energy by balancing your meals. Many people are in the habit of skipping meals. Because it’s so commonplace, people don’t realize how much better they...
by admin | Mar 14, 2013 | Natural Remedies, Naturopathic health
Addictive behaviors are one of the disorders that can be caused by imbalances in neurotransmitter levels. The solution is to get the body the nutrients it needs to restore proper neurotransmitter function and prevent neurotransmitter depletion as much as possible –...
by admin | Mar 12, 2013 | Natural Remedies, Naturopathic health
Part 2 of this series discussed how a neurotransmitter called dopamine is related to addictive behaviors, including addictions to foods (especially sugars and sweets). In addition, recent research has shown that overeating blunts the dopamine-controlled pleasure...
by admin | Mar 7, 2013 | Natural Remedies, Naturopathic health
Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that plays a number of important functions in the brain. It is very important in the reward system whereby we feel pleasure, achieve heightened arousal and do much of our learning. Every type of reward that has been studied increases the...
by admin | Mar 5, 2013 | Natural Remedies, Naturopathic health
Neurotransmitters, such as serotonin, dopamine and norepinephrine, are responsible for transferring chemical messages in the brain and body. Neurotransmitter imbalances can therefore lead to improper signals being sent and/or an inability to properly transmit and...
by admin | Feb 28, 2013 | Natural health products, Natural pain medications, Natural pain relief, Natural Remedies, Naturopathic health, Naturopathic medicine
According to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, migraine headaches affect more than 28 million Americans, 75% of whom are women. We routinely see people that experience migraines on a weekly basis, with some people having them every day....
