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Podcast: Running Lean
Episode: 183. Are You Addicted to Dopamine?
Description: Over the last 100 years or so, we have become a society of pleasure-seekers and pain-avoiders.
We do anything and everything to avoid what we perceive as painful and chase everything we deem pleasurable – even if it’s actually harmful to us.
This is classic addictive behavior, especially when it comes to how we consume food and alcohol.
But what are we really addicted to? Chocolate chip cookies? IPAs? Or is it something else?
In this episode, I’m going to explain how dopamine might be the real culprit, help you decide if you...