All About Endorphins
- Research in the 1970s revealed that endorphins are natural narcotics inside our body, neurotransmitters that pass along signals in the nervous system.
- Endorphins are produced during stress, pain or fear and originate from the pituitary gland, the spinal cord and other parts of the brain and nervous system.
- There are 20 different kinds of endorphins, with beta-endorphins being the strong type.
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