Another one for the marine-derived highly unsaturated fatty acids are probably really important for proper brain function files: This new paper has been tweeted quite a bit lately: Suicide Deaths of Active Duty US Military and Omega-3 Fatty Acid Status: A Case-Control ComparisonIt is an observational study, but large for a suicide study (suicide is, fortunately, quite rare). All...
Selasa, 30 Agustus 2011
Sabtu, 27 Agustus 2011
Did I ever mention that I'm not a big fan of the folate cycle? Not because it's not important, but because it is intensive, poorly understood, and hard to remember. Probably a bad reason to dislike it, as far as those things go�Let's just start with a diagram, and an explanation for those of us who were taught some basic organic chemistry....
Jumat, 26 Agustus 2011
Some of the most harrowing stories of nutrient deficiencies come from the 18th and 19th century British Navy. Perhaps because the officers on the long voyages had nothing better to do than document the slow, desperate and horrific progression? Recently there was a PBS special on the Erebus, a ship that left Britain in 1845 under Captain Franklin to look for the Northwest Passage. This...
Kamis, 25 Agustus 2011
Previously, we discussed the question of Do Carbs Make You Crazy?, reviewed some literature to suggest that a bolus of sugar to a fasting person could certainly make some people crazy (or at least rather rotten-tempered), and yet MIT researchers suggest the same carby bolus will keep people sane with a nice happy squirt of serotonin. Personally I think the MIT advice to snack on marshmallows...
Minggu, 21 Agustus 2011
Yes, I will get back to the carbohydrate insanity series shortly. But in the comments of the second post, Jack Kruse and Itsthewooo noted that studies with respect to alcohol, blood sugar and violence could be confounded by other nutritional deficiencies. Which is absolutely true. I have to say, it is rare to see scurvy or other famously...
Sabtu, 20 Agustus 2011
We are going to rely more on this most excellent review paper by Dr. David Benton of Swansea, UK, Carbohydrate ingestion, blood glucose, and mood to continue our exploration of the question of how ingestion of carbohydrates affects mental state.First off, some of the short-term studies. We all can guess the results, but a dozen or so studies have shown comparisons between a meal of say,...
Jumat, 19 Agustus 2011
I began this series yesterday with a bit of an introduction and some exposure to some differing theories about carbohydrate consumption and mental health (basically they run the gamut from very low carb will spare your mood to you absolutely need carbohydrates for sanity). I didn't take much of a stand, myself, other than to note that in my personal experience, a bit of healthy fat and protein...
Kamis, 18 Agustus 2011
Perhaps I should be more circumspect in my title. After all, there are several popular ideas out there - one that carbohydrates cause blood sugar spikes and crashes, leading to mood swings and general crankiness. The second is that sugar (that special fructosey form of carb) causes everything from ADHD to delinquency to psychosis to bipolar disorder.(Music selection - Serenade in E Major (right...
Selasa, 16 Agustus 2011
Just in case you missed them:The slidesThe videoNext up, I will look at carbohydrates, blood glucose, and mood connections. &nb...
Sabtu, 13 Agustus 2011
The cause of obesity has been a hot topic in the paleoblogosphere lately. Let me be the first to tell you that I am no obesity researcher or expert (there, first point goes to Itsthewooo). All I know is that a few percentage of folks have been obese for thousands of years. And back in the late 1870s, here's a picture of my great great...
Kamis, 11 Agustus 2011
One of the benefits of being an AHS presenter was an opportunity to attend a MovNat One-day Workshop on Venice Beach the day after AHS. I'm actually surprised that more presenters did not take advantage of the opportunity - however, I know that Melissa McEwen and Richard Nikoley had done the 5-day workshops in West Virginia (and Robb Wolf, Metzgar,...
Selasa, 09 Agustus 2011
I was excited to see the talks at the Ancestral Health Symposium, but let's face it, I've been to enough talks in my career to make me want to dismantle powerpoint template by template and declare victory. The real reason I wanted to go to AHS was to meet the people. The funky, fit, fabulous, barefooted paleo people. It can be lonely...
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