NATURAL DOPAMINE BOOSTERS VS ARTIFICIAL SUBSTANCES





When we talk about natural boosters, we refer to exercise, sex, food and social interaction. There are of course plenty more ways to naturally boost your dopamine levels and improve your mood and energy levels! But these are the ones that have the most research made on. Artificial substances include different drugs and highly processed foods such as refined sugars and other food enhancing substances.



There are a number of reasons why natural dopamine boosters are better than artificial substances;

1.       SUSTAINABILITY

Dopamine production in the brain can be stimulated to very high levels with the use of drugs, but these levels are unsustainable as tolerance is built and the effects of the increased amounts of drugs required to reach the same levels of satisfaction are increased as well.

2.       DOPAMINE HANGOVER

A dopamine hangover refers to lower levels of dopamine after a big boost, this might lead to lack of motivation and boredom, as the contrast with the recent levels of dopamine makes our current state feel insufficient. This can happen both due to artificial and natural boosts, but the artificial hangover is going to be stronger and its effect on dopamine production will be lasting longer.

3.       EFFECTS ON OVERALL HEALTH

The use of drugs has negative effects on our health affecting not only our mood but our physiology in many different ways, natural dopamine boosters on the contrary have been found to benefit our health in many different ways.

Of course, on the basis of an extremely short time frame reference (just a few hours after consumption and while the effects last, drugs will make you feel better) But as the effects are over you have made your life more difficult already. For the short term, medium term and specially the long term, natural boosters take the win.