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Extended exposure to a palatable cafeteria diet alters gene expression in brain regions implicated in reward, and withdrawal from this diet alters gene expression in brain regions associated with stress (2014)

Behav Brain Res. 2014 May 15;265:132-41. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2014.02.027. Martire SI1, Maniam J2, South T2, Holmes N1, Westbrook RF1, Morris MJ3. Abstract Like people, rodents exposed to energy-rich foods over-eat and become overweight. Removal of this diet activates stress systems, which may explain why people have difficulty dieting. We exposed rats to energy-rich foods in order […]

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Age 21 – More energy, More resistant to cold, Deeper voice, Less procrastinating, Less brain fog, Less anxiety, Greater happiness, My life has a direction

Today I hit the 60 days marks on my hardcore mode NoFap challenge. I wanted to share my story with you and maybe help some people to find motivation in my post. I’m a 21 years old man living in Europe. I’ve been trying to do NoFap since 14 months; I had a few good […]

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Age 21 – Brain fog almost gone, I feel more emotions, Anxiety & social anxiety greatly reduced, Music sounds better

Hello guys I started this journey with a friend so it made everything alot easier because we made it like a competition, and we also have another friend who’s already doing it for like 2 years now I think. (English not my first language btw) I noticed a few changes: Brain fog is indeed almost […]

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Age 28 – My story how NoFap changed my life back in 2013 – and how it all went to hell again

I’ve been struggling with anxiety and depression ever since I started fapping. In 2013 I was so sick with adrenal fatigue that I would drop in my bed sleeping right after coming home from work. So I often had early dinner at my workplace. Thing is, I’ve just come to realise that the reason why […]

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Fat/carbohydrate ratio but not energy density determines snack food intake and activates brain reward areas (2015)

Tobias Hoch , Silke Kreitz , Simone Gaffling , Monika Pischetsrieder  & Andreas Hess Scientific Reports 5, Article number: 10041 (2015) doi:10.1038/srep10041 Feeding behaviour Obesity AbstrThe snack food potato chips induces food intake in ad libitum fed rats, which is associated with modulation of the brain reward system and other circuits. Here, we show that food intake […]

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New developments in brain research of internet and gaming disorder (2017)

Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2017 Feb 10. pii: S0149-7634(16)30292-5. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2017.01.040. Weinstein A1, Livny A2, Weizman A3. Highlights The neural mechanisms underlying Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) resemble those of drug addiction. Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) studies of the resting state and measures of gray matter volume have shown that long-term Internet game playing was associated […]

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