How can the author claim in the same sentence, "While dopamine does rise in response to rewards or pleasurable activities," and "it doesn’t actually decrease wh

How can the author claim in the same sentence, "While dopamine does rise in response to rewards or pleasurable activities," and "it doesn’t actually decrease when you avoid overstimulating activities". So what, it just rises forever from the time we're born until death? Obviously not; something decreases it. What fad fasting doesn't take into account is that it takes many weeks, up to many months, to downregulate the dopamine receptors. Dopamine fasting one day per week or a few hours per day is literally doing nothing for your dopamine. In this regard, the author is correct. But if you actually dopamine fast for months in by avoiding highly dopaminergistic activities, your brain will really undergo meaningful changes.