When your brain reacts strongly to the taste of food right away, it seems to dial down the later dopamine surge from your stomach feeling full—like your brain is balancing taste and nutrition.

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Food Intake Recruits Orosensory and Post-ingestive Dopaminergic Circuits to Affect Eating Desire in Humans.

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Human

2019 Mar 5

When you first taste something yummy, your brain releases dopamine right away, but the more your brain gets that initial taste rush, the less dopamine it releases later when your body digests the food — like your brain is saying, 'I got the hint, no need to keep signaling for more.'

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Food Intake Recruits Orosensory and Post-ingestive Dopaminergic Circuits to Affect Eating Desire in Humans.

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DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2018.12.006

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