Sentences with phrase «natural opiates»
"Natural opiates" refers to compounds found in certain plants or within the human body that have pain-relieving properties. They act on the same receptors as synthetic opiates but are derived from natural sources, such as poppy seeds or endorphins, to alleviate pain and induce a sense of well-being. Full definition
Endorphins behave like natural opiates and lower any pain symptoms.
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The brain's natural opiates help encode the experience, and oxytocin acts as the glue that helps forge those feelings of closeness.
Reduces stress: Strength training will elevate your level of endorphins (natural opiates produced by the brain), and this will make you feel great.
Poppy seeds, commonly consumed on bagels, contain harmless trace opiates (that have historically interfered with workplace drug tests), and the DEA has sensibly not attempted to override the Congressional exemption of poppy seeds from the statutory definition of «opium poppy» in the CSA even though natural opiates in themselves are controlled elsewhere in the CSA.
«Endorphins are like natural opiates,» says Eric Sternlicht, PhD, associate professor of kinesiology at Chapman University.
In addition endorphins, which are natural opiate - like substances, dull the pain as a result of which the discomfort of intense physical exertion is better tolerated.
That year he posed a theory that the warm afterglow and the constant craving for chile are due to capsaicin triggering the release of the body's natural painkillers called endorphins, which have been called «the body's natural opiates,» are the cause of the so - called runner's high, and are capable of turning a painful experience into a pleasurable one.
That, plus the effects from your brain's natural opiates and dopamine, and your romantic partner's traits — strong jaw, piercing blue eyes, musky scent — leave a sort of neural fingerprint.
Some scientists believe oxytocin works in tandem with the body's natural opiates, with oxytocin triggering the drive for social attachment and the opioids supplying the warm, fuzzy feeling of being in the company of loved ones.
All subjects were then given an amphetamine tablet which releases endorphins, which are natural opiates, in the brain and repeated the PET scan.
Acupuncture works with the fascial network of the body to help release your body's natural opiates.
THC can stimulate the brain's natural opiates, like endorphins.
The body's natural opiate is called «endorphin.»
Stereotypies Might Be an Addiction Some horse stereotypies, particularly cribbing, cause a release of endorphins, the brain's natural opiate.