Have you ever had that feeling, when you know you've had enough food, digested enough calories, and yet you still feel compelled to eat more? You might even still feel hungry? And the food you want to eat isn't an apple, or some carrot sticks. You want the fatty, sugary, carbohydrate-laden foods. If that sounds familiar, then chances are you're at the mercy of some pretty powerful processes that have started in the brain and now affect what's going on in your body. In simple

As someone who helps people get in control of their relationship with food and eating, I know that some of us have a love-hate relationship with chocolate. But today is a celebration of chocolate and it's a good excuse for me to talk about serotonin. There are plenty of reasons we get pleasure from eating chocolate - I mean there's the taste and texture alone! We also get an instant energy boost which feels good. Chocolate, in particular dark chocolate, also contains serotoni