EBOOK Your Brain on Food:How Chemicals Control Your Thoughts and Feelings

Why is eating chocolate so pleasurable? Can the function of just one small group        of chemicals really determine whether you are happy or sad? Does marijuana help to        improve your memory in old age? Is it really best to drink coffee if you want to        wake up and be alert? Why is a drug like PCP potentially lethal? Why does drinking        alcohol make you drowsy? Do cigarettes help to relieve anxiety? What should you        consume if you are having trouble staying in your chair and focusing enough to get        your work done? Why do treatments for the common cold make us drowsy? Can eating        less food preserve your brain? What are the possible side effects of pills that        claim to make your smarter? Why is it so hard to stop smoking? Why did witches once        believe that they could fly?In this book, Gary Wenk demonstrates how, as a result of        their effects on certain neurotransmitters concerned with behavior, everything we        put into our bodies has very direct consequences for how we think, feel, and act.          The chapters introduce each of the main neurotransmitters involved with behavior,        discuss its role in the brain, present some background on how it is generally turned        on and off, and explain ways to influence it through what we consume.