http://nutritionwonderland.com An in-depth guide to the world of nutrition Thu, 21 Jul 2011 23:58:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://nutritionwonderland.com/wp-content/themes/nw_theme/images/NW_Logo_v2.0_144x56px.jpghttp://nutritionwonderland.com400156Nutrition Wonderland is an in-depth guide to the world of nutrition. http://nutritionwonderland.com/2009/08/study-links-leptin-dopamine-connection/ http://nutritionwonderland.com/2009/08/study-links-leptin-dopamine-connection/#comments Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:15:35 +0000 Christie Wilcox http://nutritionwonderland.com/?p=930 Understanding Our Bodies: The Physiology of Nutrition" series, I've tried to explain how the various chemical systems in our bodies relate to how and what we eat. For example, two of the biggest hormones that affect our eating habits - Leptin, the fullness hormone, and Dopamine, the brain's reward hormone - seem to have very different and unrelated effects on our bodies. But every day science is discovering just how interwoven and related our bodies different systems are. Just this week, for example, after explaining everything I could find about how dopamine relates to eating, scientists from the University of Michigan have discovered a new way that leptin regulates dopamine levels.]]> http://nutritionwonderland.com/2009/08/study-links-leptin-dopamine-connection/feed/ 2 http://nutritionwonderland.com/2009/06/understanding-bodies-serotonin-connection-between-food-and-mood/ http://nutritionwonderland.com/2009/06/understanding-bodies-serotonin-connection-between-food-and-mood/#comments Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:45:13 +0000 Christie Wilcox http://nutritionwonderland.com/?p=702 The Physiology of Nutrition, I present to you the connection between food and mood - serotonin.]]> http://nutritionwonderland.com/2009/06/understanding-bodies-serotonin-connection-between-food-and-mood/feed/ 25