Eating low-calorie sweetened products – especially when hungry or tired – may lead to a higher likelihood of seeking high-calorie alternatives later, due to a newly discovered signal in the brain,...

Eating a diet high in fat and sugar during pregnancy changes the development of the opioid signally pathway in the baby’s brain and permanently alters the way this system operates after birth, according...

A new US study suggests that frequent consumption of high-calorie foods such as ice-cream, can have drug-like affects on the brain. Scientists at the Oregon Research Institute in the United States, claim...