Top 10 FACTS you DON’T KNOW about DOPAMINE

Here comes The Truth About Dopamine: Everything You Thought You Knew Is Wrong. Yes folks, are you ready. Let’s get crackin’…

What if the chemical you’ve been told brings you pleasure… actually doesn’t?
What if the feeling you chase—food cravings, phone addictions, thrill-seeking, comfort habits—isn’t caused by satisfaction at all, but by the brain’s desperate hunt for more?

Dopamine is not the “feel-good” chemical people imagine. It’s not what makes you happy, content, or at peace. In fact, dopamine doesn’t even care if you enjoy something. Its real job is far more shocking

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Why is dopamine “Detox” harmful? Well, sure, modern life is overstimulating, and taking brief breaks from high-intensity distractions can help people regain focus, but the framing and execution of a “dopamine detox" is not based on science or nutrition and can be quite harmful. Tune into this episode on the holistic living network right now.

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Dopamine Imbalance and Reward-Seeking - Dopamine is the brain’s “motivation and reward” chemical. When it becomes dysregulated (often from stress, overstimulation, or frequent sugar/fat intake), the brain craves quick dopamine spikes — which food can easily provide. This leads to impulsive eating, even when not hungry, because the brain associates food with emotional relief and reward.

Emotional Regulation Problems - People often binge to numb, escape, or soothe difficult emotions like stress, anxiety, sadness, boredom, or loneliness. Food temporarily dulls negative feelings by triggering serotonin and dopamine release — but guilt and shame afterward create a harmful cycle.

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Emotional hygiene is the daily practice of caring for your psychological health—just as brushing your teeth protects your physical health. It involves consistently tending to your emotional well-being through self-awareness, emotional regulation, and mental resilience.

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Ever wonder why, even with all the technology now, the computers, AI, records and databases, that every time you walk into a new clinic, doctor’s office or hospital they make you fill out a bunch of paperwork on a clipboard, including your FAMILY HISTORY of sicknesses and diseases?

Every doc in the box, every urgent care, every emergency room, even if your head is bleeding or your leg is broken and your reeling in pain, and even if you have your insurance card, makes you fill it out. Why?

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Dopamine is the brain’s “reward chemical,” shaping what, when, and why we eat. It influences cravings, hunger, and fullness. When dopamine levels are balanced, we eat for energy and stop when full.

When dysregulated, it drives us to eat for pleasure, not need—fueling cycles of overeating, addiction to processed foods, and distorted hunger signals.

Appetite control isn’t about willpower—it’s about chemistry. By understanding dopamine’s role, we can break free from the reward-seeking loop, end compulsive eating, and restore natural balance between the brain, body, and hunger.

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Ever had one of those days where your thoughts feel like they’re swimming through molasses? Tasks that should take minutes stretch into hours, and even the simplest decisions feel like a Herculean effort. It’s that mental sluggishness—often referred to as brain fog—that leaves you staring at a chore or a task that you can’t seem to tackle. And worse, it makes you question your own abilities.

We’ve all been there, feeling like our minds are on a perpetual delay, with no clear way out of the haze. This mental fog isn’t just about having an “off day”; it’s a signal that something in your system is out of sync. Whether it’s stress, poor sleep, or nutritional imbalances, brain fog can stem from a variety of causes—and it doesn’t just go away on its own.

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Some people, when they start eating clean and supplementing, don’t feel the difference right away or enough to be “impressed” to keep it up, and so they fall off, go back to eating junk science and taking junk medicine, and never get to enjoy all the amazing awakenings of the body and mind that come with the persistent holistic lifestyle.

The way to know you’re healing is when the same triggers that used to reel you into bad habits produce totally different responses now. The food that used to tempt you now makes you laugh at it. Seeing or smelling alcohol or cigarettes doesn’t trigger you anymore, it just annoys you.

People who used to control you simply amuse you. The situation that used to define you barely registers. Most people think healing is just about feeling better, but it’s actually reacting differently.

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