Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20101010:04:07:00
We're eating the reward system and euphoric system that gets deeply involved in this. for some people that can actually drinkinger an addicted process. >> larry: dr. amen, does the stomach tell you you're hungry or your brain? >> your brain tells you you're hungry. your intestinal track actually produces more neurotransmitters, or chemicals that work on your brain than the brain does itself. so your body is really one system. i think of your brain as the super computer that is running everything. but it's all interconnected. >> larry: so the brain would tell me to overeat? >> sometimes it does...