TITLE OF ARTICLE: Eater's High

              AUTHOR: Raeburn, Paul
              JOURNAL NAME: American Health
              DATE: Dec., 1987
              PAGE(S) 41-42
              ACCESSION NUMBER: 08
              SENSE(S): Taste

              ABSTRACT: This article is concerned about the
              pleasure-giving effects eating has in connection
              with certain chemicals produced in the human brain.
              Endorphins are mentioned throughout the article as
              well as other neurotransmitters. Hungers for
              specific types of food, such as carbohydrates,
              fats, proteins appear, according to research, to be
              triggered by specific brain chemicals. Brain
              chemicals can trigger hunger or a lack of appetite.
              The brain's neurotransmitters can become imbalanced
              when abnormal dieting patterns are practiced;
              erratic eating signals could result.
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RESEARCHERS QUOTED IN ARTICLE:

              Cain, William. A psychologist at Yale University
              who studies the sense of smell. Commented on the
              increase of taste pleasure when we are hungry or
              thirsty.

              Civille, Gail Vance. President of Sensory Spectrum,
              East Hanover, N.J., and food industry consultant.

              Drewnowski, Adam. Psychologist and biochemist at
              the University of Michigan. Commented on the
              connection between stress and endorphins.

              Leibowitz, Sarah. Neurobiologist at the Rockefeller
              University, New York. Researcher in the area of the
              effect of food on brain chemicals.

              Wurtman, Richard. Neurochemist at M.I.T Commented
              on the place of serotonin in appetite regulation.

