Rodrigues MCO, Voltarelli JC, Sanberg PR, Borlongan CV, Garbuzova-Davis S
This is actually a way to protect this whole system of reward and motivation that I talked about at the beginning of the episode.And it might sound great to just ingest substances or engage in behaviors where it's just dopamine, dopamine, dopamine, and just constantly be motivated
Although the medical community remained largely skeptical, interest began to grow: niacin sales among AA members jumped from almost zero in 1965 to 24,000 units sold by 1967
What the authors are really pushing for is a validation framework built on biological relevance and mechanistic fit, not just concordance with animal data that is itself variable
The result: You eat less, which leads to weight loss
There could be heavy metals, there could be other medications, there could be a lot of different things that youre putting in your body that could actually be very unhealthy. Theyre marketed as cure-alls