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Medical News Today: Sugar alters brain chemistry after only 12 days

New research in pigs finds that sugar intake alters the reward-processing circuitry of the brain in a similar way to addictive drugs. Whenever we learn something new or experience something pleasurable, our brain’s reward system becomes activated. With the help of natural brain chemicals, several brain areas communicate with each other to help us learn… Read More »

Marijuana Alters Sperm? Erectile Dysfunction and Other Effects of Cannabis on Sex and Fertility

Sexual performance (Photo Credits: Instagram) Sex on pot is probably the bee’s knees. For centuries, marijuana has been touted as an aphrodisiac, so much that the conservatives even blame it for loosening sexual morals and causing an “epidemic” of promiscuity. But in recent years, a wide body of evidence suggests that we may be reading… Read More »