Category Archives: Opioids

Plants As A Source of Opioid Peptides

Posted on January 24, 2020 by Robert Barrington

Plant are important dietary components for humans and animals. Plants contain a large number of proteins and many of these are enzymes. Plants use enzymes to synthesise phytochemicals. Evidence suggests that some of these enzyme may be useful as pharmacological … Continue reading →

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Is Sugar Addictive?

Posted on February 1, 2018 by Robert Barrington

Addictions is defined as a phenomenon that required four components. Bingeing, withdrawal, craving and cross sensitization must be present in varying degrees, and these behavioural characteristics have been linked to physical changes in the neurological circuitry of the brain and … Continue reading →

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Opioids in Wheat and Milk

Posted on June 2, 2017 by Robert Barrington

Digestion of the α-casein protein from milk and gluten protein from wheat results in the production of a number of peptides. Some of these peptide have been suggested to have opioid activity. Opioids are a group of chemicals that include … Continue reading →

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Appetite Regulation: Opioids and Interleukin

Posted on March 20, 2014 by Robert Barrington

Investigations into the control of appetite are hampered by the difficulties in studying the internal milieu of the brain. In this regard animal experiments have been useful because unlike humans, animals can be sacrificed to allow access to brain tissue. … Continue reading →

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Bulimia Opioids Link: Endorphin Levels

Posted on December 28, 2013 by Robert Barrington

Bulimia is an eating disorder characterised by repeated episodes of compulsive and secretive eating of energy dense foods. These periods of gluttony are then followed by energy purges whereby vomiting, laxative abuse and fasting are undertaken. This period of purging … Continue reading →

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Naloxone Prevents Binge Eating

Posted on July 19, 2012 by Robert Barrington

Some extreme eating behaviours can be considered a form of addiction, as has been demonstrated in animal studies involving feeding highly palatable foods to rats. In some cases, these eating behaviours can cause brain changes that mirror those seen in … Continue reading →

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