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08/17/2018 / By Frances Bloomfield

Understanding cravings: Food preferences are linked to dietary needs; dopamine may play a role in what you choose to eat, research suggests

For the first time ever, researchers are understanding a nutrient-specific hunger mechanism in living organisms. Specifically, a team from John Hopkins University has pinpointed the neurons responsible for protein cravings in fruit flies – neurons that the team was able to turn on and off. As part of their study, the researchers deprived fruit flies of […]

04/17/2018 / By Jessica Dolores

Treat pain by being hungry? New study suggests that hunger shuts off our perception of pain

Believe it or not but pain can actually be a friend. It tells us something is wrong and that we should avoid it, like getting too close to the bonfire and hurting ourselves. It tells us to be careful when slicing vegetables, because we can hurt our fingers if we don’t watch out. Neuroscientists from […]

01/30/2018 / By Isabelle Z.

New research suggests ONE THIRD of American households are food insecure, with limited access to healthy food

When we think of people going hungry, many of us envision starving children in Africa, but it’s a struggle that is also quite familiar to far too many Americans. In fact, a recent study found that this problem could be a lot more extensive in the U.S. than previously believed. Researchers from The Ohio State […]

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