"Love doesn't make the world go 'round, love is what makes the ride worthwhile." Franklin Jones - The death rate in San Diego is still 100% with cardiovascular heart disease still leading the way for our untimely demise. With the month of February being the National Heart Health Awareness Month, much is written on diet and exercise for cardiovascular health, but little is written about how our heart of love: our emotional heart, is controlled by our emotional brain for healthy love relationships. With Valentine's Day around the corner, emotional health starts in the brain, in an area called the Limbic System, a.k.a. the seat of emotion. This area of the brain is where all the feel good chemicals called neurotransmitters are made, such as serotonin and dopamine. A Brain Reward Cascade occurs with the chemical reward being dopamine release. Dopamine is the feel good chemical that gives us a sense of well -being, is anti-anxiety and anti-depressive. If dopamine is in short supply, one often feels anxious, more depressed, difficulty focusing and easily distracted.
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