Pleasure Center of the Brain and Food. Can it be Reversed?
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I haven't heard of a way to remove that food-pleasure connection, but the good news is that a pleasure connection can kick in for some kinds of excercise. If you've heard of "runner's high" or endorphins that's what I mean.\n\nIn my own life I've found it easier to increase my excercise level than to cut down my food intake, so perhaps that will work for you too.
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Sure you can. The sense of smell is controlled by brain synapsis just like the ability to see or hear or really any other function of the body. If there is damage to these synapsis then you can lose this ability.
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I think you would do well to look a while at this excellent - but - simpliefied source on neuroscience:\n\nhttp://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/introb.html
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try this link to make it clearer and to get a more scientific idea of it:\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_mapping
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Stimulation of the very sensitive nerves of the genitals, combined with the desire to be doing this (rape is a turn off, despite genital stimulation), allows all kinds of endorphins and dopamine and adrenaline to flood the brain. These chemicals bind to the pleasure receptors in the brain, and the result is a feeling of pleasure. Taken far enough, the entire nervous system has a spasm, the brain especially. Orgasm takes place in the brain, not in the genitals.\nOrgasm serves several biological and social purposes. It reinforces the desire to do it again, so that pregnancy can result. It also binds people together (makes couples out of people)so that families can form. It also makes life bearable - can you imagine going through a life in which you never have an orgasm? It would be pretty dreary.
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There is nothing harmful about self pleasure.  It is a healthy practice for most men and can actually help with your sex life. It does not decrease your styaying power or sperm count either.  If anything it makes you more aware how it works and gives you more control when using it.
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the brain. im pretty sure its the medula obligatta that allows you to balance yourself.
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Early sexual stimulation and love and affection allow the cortex to grow faster and usually leaves an extra fold in the brain's outer layer. Now you explain why you think it is proper to ask mentally ill people about photographic memories. Do you know something you didn't tell us in the question. Why not be fully honest with us?
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bad smells stimulate the higher corticle centres of our brains to send signals via acetylcholine neurotransmitters to the vomiting centre in our medulla (brain stem). thus stimulating the stomach, abdominal muscles, and oesphagous to intitate the vomiting relfex via efferent pathways.\n\nhahha.. just nerding.. i have an exam tmr on this. =p
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Researchers have found that feelings of intense romantic love are linked to activity in two areas of the brain, which have high levels of dopamine activity. But functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scans found women's brains showed emotional responses, while men's showed activity linked to sexual arousal. The researchers also found activity in other areas of the brain changed - including one that another study showed was active when people ate chocolate.
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When you have an orgasm, the brain releases endorphins that uplift your mood and make  you happier. It almost releases something that hikes up your immune system.
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I'm not sure there can be an answer to this...people have a strong tendency to enjoy things that bring them pleasure and to continue doing those things, while avoiding doing things that bring them pain.  Hunger hurts, while being full brings a feeling of well being.  It is an instinctual reaction that can even override self preservation instincts.  Mice hooked up to electrodes have a choice of two buttons...one stimulates their pleasure centers, and the other produces food.  They starve to death through their own actions.
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The root of everything is in the depth of the mind.\nMany people eat when they aren't hungry to fill a virtual void inside themselves.  It's the same with any addict.  The behavior seems to "complete" you in some way, so you perpetuate it.
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I'm a 'giver' not a swallower, so my knowledge, experience and advice is, um, second hand.  However, having said that, I offer several thoughts.\n- I've understood diet can alter the taste of semen/sperm.  The healtier the food taken in by the man, the more 'delicious' the orgasmic product.  Take a look at what is consumed, then infer how the body 'acts' on that, and what the byproducts would be.  You can be sure that the better foods are better for you for good reasons.  Wow, another GOOD reason to be health-conscious.\n- Believe you CAN accept what he is giving you is GOOD for you.  there really is an exchange going on.... you are giving him a great deal of pleasure, you are into it, you are choosing to do this, you might even greatly desire to do it.... all to your credit.  Add your own belief, in yourself, to the mix.  Your belief brings satisfaction to what you are doing, and your belief that what HE is giving you in return (both his orgasm, and the product OF his orgasm) are gifts for you to cherish.\n- Deepthroating.  Seriously.  Said and meant without ANY intent to offend anyone.  Depending on his size/length, your persistance in practicing (yes PRACTICE!) and your own physical capability.... deepthroating (taking the head of the penis into your throat) especially during ejaculation can get your body to the point of avoiding the taste altogether (or GREATLY reduce it).  Um, he will kinda/sorta really like it when you do it this way too.  <hint>\n\nI believe someone mentioned 'spitting'.... and if you truly CANNOT stomach the taste, well, FIRST discuss things, let your partner know what you think, how you feel, what you are (and are not) willing to do and why.  I can tell you this though, a woman who spits is really depriving the guy of a hell of a lot of pleasure, if not intense completness, satisfaction, happiness, etc....  Everyone does have to make the choices that are best for them..... As a compromise, one possibility is to 'spit' for a while (an agreed-upon timeframe) to give you the chance to be going 'so-far' while you are getting comfortable and adjusting, while he's adjusting, etc....   Thus you've got a known point in time where it becomes real swallowing, or a total stopping of the activitiy.\n\nBest of luck, for I truely wish you well.
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Yes, it's generally considered the prefrontal cortex, which is responsible for higher-level planning and evaluation.  I recommend reading the macabre but interesting stroy of Phineas Gage, linked below, to get a sense of what happens when this area is damaged.
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Sex is an natural embedded characteristic or need in all humans. I have not personally done it but yes I have had that feeling or urge, and I have taken a few psych. courses. It is almost up there with hunger, thirst, and air, sex is only a pleasure for most unfortunately, but was made originally for reproductive resources. Sex is uncontrollable for all but it's all about how you act upon it.
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It is specifically temporal lobe epilepsy which has been related to "religious" experiences.  If you want to learn more, try Googling on that exact phrase, + / or on the name Ramachandran, as he continues to do research on "the God Spot".\n\nThey have put praying Franciscan nuns and meditating Buddhist monks into brain scanners, and saw the "God Spot" light up.\n\nSimilar brain effects occur during orgasm (but less intense, apparently).  This has interesting implications for anyone who is interested in Tantra; this is not just about sex, but about learning to manipulate one's own brain states.  OK... apparently, the traditional training uses sex, in early stages especially, but an adept can get past needing such props.  (or so I read!)\n\nThe westernised / Christianised version was called Carezza, if you are interested.