Anorexia and Season of Birth

Quick post tonight.  I have been at a conference all day (and will be there all day tomorrow), and I'm swimming in a bit of information overload.  However, a bunch of new ideas are now simmering for future posts.  I have some more Diet and Violence papers to blog about also, but first a little paper sent to me (of course) by Evolutionary...

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Diet and Violence

Paul Whiteley*, I believe, originally posted to the comments concerning some very interesting studies on diets and violence. Over the past 10 years, several groups of researchers have done some decent work in this area, and (for once in the nutritional-type literature) I can actually look at a randomized controlled trial of good size and design that...

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A Summary of Endocannabinoids and Obesity

In my last post on endocannabinoids, I was trying to do a little too much with too little time, and I don't think the science came out too clearly.  Today I thought I would use the excellent Kim et al paper again for a quick summary of what is known about the effects of the endocannabinoids on obesity, both in the central nervous system (my usual bailiwick) and peripherally.  (Also, please...

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Three Autism Posts at Psychology Today

Photo CreditDiet and AutismDiet and Autism - Newer Studies and Intriguing LinksAutism - Inflammation, Speculation, and Nutrit...

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Odds and Ends and the Donate Button

I've gone on a little endocannabinoid paper feast so I should have some more entries about that up soon.  Very interesting stuff, very complicated and interrelated with everything, and a zillion papers from the last several months, so cutting edge too.  The sort of system you don't want to screw up if you can help it.In the mean time, you might have noticed my "Donate" button added to the...

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Omega 3s, Mice, and Receptors for Funny Cigarettes

Jamie (who has a fabulous post up now about Survival of the Fittest) sent me a link to a new paper this morning.  Or possibly last night.  The mound of papers is starting to slide, and sometimes I lose track.  In any case the paper is from Nature Neuroscience, and that always makes me flinch a bit, because Nature Neuroscience is rather advanced.  In most papers, every other...

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Updated "Your Brain on Ketones" for Psychology Today

Here it is, my most popular post at the new site with a new introduction for those not familiar with the concept of physiologic ketosis:  Your Brain on Keto...

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Binge Eating and the Sugar Fat Showdown

As so often happens when one takes a closer look at references from one paper or another, one will find a paper far superior to the first. The glass half empty view is one of regret for wasting all that time on the inferior paper. The glass half full - hey, now I have more material for another post. Only I have a stack of about 20 papers in the queue, and these industrious researchers are coming...

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Other Posts Everywhere

I have another longer look at sugar, vegetable oils, binge eating, addiction, and the brain coming up (chased down some of the references from the papers I mentioned on Saturday, and they do not disappoint), but for today I have a guest post on Mark's Daily Apple, and another Psychology Today post� enjoy!Your Brain and The Primal BlueprintSad MonkeysAnd welcome Mark's Daily Apple visitors! ...

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A Small Post On The Neurobiology of Binge Eating Disorders

Indulge me for a moment. Here is one of my favorite pieces of music: Chopin's Etude No. 3 in E major. (right click to open in new window). The best youtube quote about it: "Too beautiful to be an etude."One more indulgence. A quote from A Room with a View by E.M. Forster. For springtime.From her feet the ground sloped sharply into view, and violets...

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Eating Disorders, Obesity and Addiction

I've been meaning to do more on eating disorders for a while, but I find the research frustrating.  As do eating disorder researchers - see, within eating disorders even more than in some other areas, the diagnoses proscribed by the DSMIV don't really fit the symptoms most people have.  There are three "official" categories - anorexia nervosa (AN) (restricting eating, underweight, obsessed...

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Zombieland 2

Go forth and prosper, new Psychology Today post!Zombieland 2 - Early Mother's Day Edit...

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Spring Fever

Updated Zombieland for Psychology Today - go over there and take a look, will you?  I know I should have waited for the week day, but I have Zombieland II to do also, and when I do get a relative moment of peace around here, I do like to take advantage. We even had a chance to go outside, where my daughter's little plastic boat was found unhappily...

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That O6/O3 Ratio, Still Important

Oof.  I'm tired.  Oldest child has a spiky fever of unknown origin (FUO in the medical speak) and youngest child is nearly two and tiring by default.  I get these rather silly emails from babysomethingorother telling me about her 23 month old expected developmental stages.  This week's was about her learning to throw things.  Well, she's been throwing things with gusto for...

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