Help your brain help you boost your happy hormones. To explain exactly how these "happiness" chemicals work, I spoke to Loretta Breuning, founder of the Inner Mammal Institute and author of . Below ...

Is food the key to happiness? Emotional eating is certainly a real concept, but there are foods you can eat that naturally contain tryptophan, a serotonin-producing amino acid. Other ...

A spritz of the so-called “love hormone” might be the key to easing persistent feelings of loneliness. In a 2014 study, a team of European and Israeli researchers tested whether oxytocin, the hormone ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — As you're celebrating the holidays, what are you doing to keep your spirit bright? While wearing the stress from inflation, the remnants of the pandemic and the possibility of a ...

The release of the “feel-good” chemicals dopamine, serotonin, endorphins, and oxytocin are tied to specific lifestyle, exercise, and dietary choices. Here’s what triggers each one. Spending time in ...

A new UC Berkeley study shows that the so-called love hormone, oxytocin, is also critical for the formation of friendships. Oxytocin is released in the brain during sex, childbirth, breastfeeding and ...

Researchers developed a novel fluorescent sensor to detect and monitor levels of the neuropeptide oxytocin, also known as the 'happy hormone.' The OT sensor facilitated the successful measurement of ...

Oxytocin, a hormone previously thought to be necessary for forming social bonds like mating and giving birth, may not be as essential as researchers previously thought it to be, a study out Friday ...

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Oxytocin or the “love hormone” is produced in the human brain’s hypothalamus and released when we feel connected to other beings through the ability to develop empathy, love, and trust. The hormone is ...

When was the last time you were truly happy? If you're yearning for happiness, the good news is that your body produces four main hormones that affect your mood. Dopamine, serotonin, endorphins and ...