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Lunar Explained + Lunar Essentials

Hypercortilism (Scientific name for Cushing's syndrome) It's symptoms are eerily similar to those of chronic stress: weight gain around...

It's well known that the way to build muscles is to break them down and let them rest. The same paradigm applies to nerve cells, which...

The human body is built for regular physical activity. 10,000 years ago everyone was a hunter gatherer and life was marked by periods of...

Cortisol wears a number of different hats during the stress response, one of which is that of traffic cop for metabolism. Cortisol takes...

We learned in the early 1990s that Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) protects neurons against cortisol in areas that control mood,...

When drugs don't work, exercise does. As of yet no-one has been able to find an antidepressant without side effects. MRI scans point...

Prozac is the mother of a class known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), which prevent serotonin from being recycled at...

It's largely through depression research that we know as much as we do about what exercise does for the brain. Exercise counteracts...

While we can't erase the original fear memory, we can essentially drown it out by creating a new memory and reinforcing it. By building...

Fear is the memory of danger. If we suffer from an anxiety disorder, the brain constantly replays that memory, forcing us to live in that...