#72: Mapping The Addicted Brain with Christina Veselak
“The addicted brain is a starving brain,” and Christina Veselak takes us inside the body to better understand the brain driven, bio-psycho-social illness that results in cravings and addictions. She swiftly addresses the chemical imbalances underlying addictive behavior and illustrates how we, as conscious clinicians, can do the same with both diet and lifestyle modifications.
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> Christina mentions the work of Kenneth Blum, a researcher in neuropsychopharmacology and genetics who has focused his studies on “reward-deficiency syndrome”; learn more here.
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