Welcome back to Dishing Up Nutrition, brought to you by Nutritional Weight and Wellness.

I'm Melanie Beasley, a registered and licensed dietitian, and today we're talking about the topic of how food affects dopamine.

So you might have heard terms

in the media like dopamine detox, dopamine menu, or dopamine fasting. And dopamine has really

become a wellness buzzword for the moment, but people are building routines around it and trying to

reset or detox it.

And the reason why this topic is trending is because we're living in a world of constant

stipulation, notifications, scrolling, quick hits of entertainment and breaking news,

and all of that stimulates our brain's dopamine system.

But over time, that can leave you feeling overstimulated, easily distracted, or depleted,

like nothing is satisfying anymore, which is why it trends like dopamine fasting are gaining

traction as people try to reset their brains.

We all just really want to be comfortable.

Absolutely. That's the goal here. So today we're going to cut through the noise and talk about

supporting a healthy dopamine balance through your food choices. No detoxes, no extremes,

just physiology that actually makes sense and is doable.

And joining me today for this discussion is Brittany Vincent, also registered licensed

dietitian.

Hi.

Thank you, Melanie.

I mean, I am seeing dopamine everywhere in the media, but I think it's good.

We're having this awareness of how our modern environment is

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