Spending time in nature can help reduce the strength and frequency of cravings.
Weight loss surgery reduces the release of dopamine in the brain of mice, curbing their sugar seeking behavior, a new study reports.
According to researchers, the ambient scent of foods can help to reduce cravings and satisfy the appetite.
Researchers may be able to affect what fruit flies eat by controlling neurons that regulate protein hunger.
A new study reports altering activity in the amygdala can eliminate cravings for sweet foods. Researchers believe the findings could help develop new treatments for eating disorders.
Findings suggest brain networks associated with impulse control could be weakened in people with gambling addiction.
A new study suggests sheds light on how cocaine rewires the brain, even after withdrawal.
Researchers report addictive cravings can be detected in the brain after death.
Silencing pyramidal neurons in the infralimbic cortex made rats more likely to relapse than those that underwent withdrawal from cocaine. The findings support growing evidence that the infralimbic cortex plays a vital role in suppressing addictive behaviors.
FGF21, a hormone created in the liver in response to increased levels of sugar, acts in the brain to suppress sugar intake and controls the preference for sweet-tasting foods.
Researchers report a weight loss dampens the response to food cues in areas of the brain associated with emotion and attention.
From comfort eating to hormonal levels contributing to a desire for sweets, many studies have investigated why women with PMS often crave certain foods. Researchers explore why food cravings may occur, and what can be done to suppress them for women with premenstrual syndrome.
