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[Note: the Editor in Chief's added comments are shown in brackets. Hey, just like this one! How about that?! Titles are links to the original stories.]
What's "Love" Got To Do With It? (Substance Abuse 101)
By Lia Hervey [and Editor in Chief], PA News [and BF EvoNews!]
Love could [or could not] be as addictive as cocaine or speed, [some] scientists [and Tony "Scarface" Montana] said today.
According to Dr John ["I-WantA-New-Drug"] Marsden['s brain], head of the National Addiction Centre at the Maudsley Hospital in London, when you[r brain chemicals] are attracted to someone [else's body] your brain releases the drug [brain chemical] dopamine, giving the same [chemical] reaction that taking cocaine or speed would create [such as swelling and bleeding of mucous membranes and damage to nasal cavities].
"Attraction and lust [and media exposure] really is like a drug. It leaves you just wanting more," he [his brain] said [while talking to the media].
However like the drugs the first flush of love is temporary. [BF Public Service Announcement: Using the words "drugs" and "flush" in the same sentence may get you an unexpected visit from the local DEA. Excercise wise discression.]
"[Some] Scientific research reveals the first flush of love [as well as differing dinosaur extinction theories] lasts only between three and seven years," he added.
The findings [and British chaps], which will appear in a BBC documentary next month, also investigate the [missing?] link between people's smells, facial features and genes.
"[Someone's brain] Being attracted to someone [else's body] sparks the same incredible feelings [release of brain chemicals] no matter who [or what] you are. Love [dopamine] really does know no boundaries [because dopamine is a chemical and not conscious]," he said.
He [his brain] explained that when we [our brains] are attracted to someone [else's body] part of the brain which processes [the chemicals which cause] emotions is fired up causing the heart to pound three times faster than normal and causes blood to be diverted to the cheeks and sexual organs, which causes the feeling of butterflies [or peppered moths] in the stomach.
"It might look like we are all after the perfect partner to wine and dine but underneath all that our animal instincts [which is really just brain chemical reactions] are seeking out an ideal mate to share our genes [bio-chemicals] with," he [his brain] said [claimed].
His [brain's] research looks at why we [our brians] are attracted to some people['s bodies] but not to others and what people['s brain chemicals] really look for in an ideal partner['s body].
The [his] research suggests [to him] that people['s brains] look for similar features to themselves as they are searching for characteristics in their mother['s] and father['s bodies], who have already been successful raising a child.
[Editor's question: Does this go for orphans as well?]
"We [our brains] tend to go for the smell of somebody['s body chemicals] who has a very different immune system and that stops you fancying your family [with the Biblical Cain excluded, of course].
Our biology [bio chemicals] drives us [our brains] to find a perfect compromise between sameness and difference and we [our brains] strike that balance all the time when it comes to choosing faces and smells," he [his brain] said [claimed].
Dr Marsden's [brain's] research also revealed [to him] that, "sex is booby-trapped" to make people['s brains] bond with their partner['s body]. [This process is also known as "rope-a-dopamine."]
"Your body [flesh-bag of chemicals] has [theoretically] evolved over millions of years with one aim [Warning to atheists/skeptics: Biblical quotation ahead. Read at your own risk...] to go forth and multiply, so while having kids may not be on the agenda just yet your body['s chemicals] has a few tricks up its sleeve to drag you [your brain] in that direction," he [his brain] said.
[Editor's question: Is "having kids" also the goal of homosexual attraction/sex?]
According to the [his] research the more people have sex [and be careless with Super Glue] together, the more likely they are to bond [... James Bond].
"We all know you[r body] can have sex without [your brain] falling in love ["love" being the release of certain brain chemicals] but if you[r body] have [has] enough sex with the same person['s body] there's a good [not-so-random] chance you[r brain] will hit the body's boobytrap which is there to tip you[r brain] head over heels into love ["love" being, again, just certain brain chemical reactions]," he [his brain] said [claimed].
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"So your body['s chemicals] goes all out to make you[r brain's chemicals] bond with your partner['s body] and that makes [the chemicals of] love highly addictive and the withdrawal sucks."
[Note: A "doctor" and "head of a treatment centre" using the word "sucks" really really adds to his credibility - don't ya think?]
Body Hits: Love Story is on BBC3 on Thursday December 4
