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What Is Dopamine Fasting?
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Length:
22 minutes
Released:
Dec 26, 2019
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Podcast episode
Description
Have you heard of dopamine fasting? It’s the trendy idea that if you restrict your enjoyable activities, like drinking, gaming, checking social media, sex, or eating cookies for a day or two, that it will reset the neurochemical makeup in your brain. But is there any truth to this? Is this practice helpful? Is it harmful? In today’s episode, Dr. John Grohol, Psych Central founder and editor-in-chief explains the real science behind dopamine and whether this practice has any effect on it.
Released:
Dec 26, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
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