Putting the Brakes on Food Cravings

By: Emma Classen

Nothing sabotages a diet quite like food cravings. The best laid diets, even those producing steady weight loss, are often abandoned when the unavoidable urge for a certain food or certain type of food takes over.

Current research suggests that giving in to food cravings, especially carbohydrate cravings, may involve more than a simple lack of willpower. Carbohydrate cravings are rooted in the neurochemical signaling of the brain, making carbohydrate cravings a very physical problem, with a very physical solution.

Serotonin is a brain neurotransmitter that regulates mood, appetite, and sleep. Low levels of serotonin are associated with depression, eating disorders, and most recently, carbohydrate binging.

The class of antidepressants known as serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SRIs), including Prozac, Paxil, Luvox, and Effexor, raise brain serotonin levels by preventing the reuptake of serotonin. The use of SRIs in the treatment of depression in bulimia (an eating disorder involving binging on massive amounts of food in a short period of time, followed by some method of purging), uncovered that bulimic patients not only reported relief of depression, but a reduction in their binging/purging. Similar studies revealed that carbohydrate binges are often an attempt at self-medication for low serotonin levels.

So, what can you do to raise serotonin levels and eliminate carbohydrate cravings from ruining your weight loss attempts? You could try prescription antidepressants; however, most of these cause a number of negative side effects, the most common being sexual dysfunction. A safe and effective alternative is the herbal supplement, MeltRx 24 Ultra.

Although researchers are not entirely sure how MeltRx 24 Ultra affects brain chemistry, there is no doubt that it is a safe and effective alternative to prescription anti-depressants (for more information regarding the antidepressant and weight loss benefits of MeltRx 24 Ultra, Click Here.

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