Happy Happy Coffee!

I'm really falling behind my stack of papers.  Fortunately, life is good and busy, and there are always new, catchy songs to listen to:The Temper Trap:  FaderThat song really puts a spring in my step.  Rather like a strong cup of coffee.  Full disclosure - more of a tea person, but I've been known to drink a cup of joe every now and again.  Maybe I ought to drink a bit more�...

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Anger and Serotonin

My buddy Jamie Scott is a research machine.  It's all I can do to keep up with the interesting papers and links he emails my direction.  Today's article is yet another one we owe to his sharp eye.  He also has brand new digs at a wordpress blog (*brief moment of jealousy*) - so edit/add him to your blogroll and check it out:That Paleo GuySome music - I rather adore the Yeah Yeah Yeahs....

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Carbohydrates, Gut and Autism

If you haven't already, go read the latest Psychology Today post about Alzheimer's and High Blood Sugar and Alzheimer's and Omega3s.  Page views on my Psychology Today posts help support the paper, toner, textbook, and time that goes into Evolutionary Psychiatry.Jamie sent me this link from PLOS1 (which, admittedly, is not the Rolls Royce of journals, but does have some interesting stuff...

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Interesting Findings in Eating Disorders and Alzheimer's

First off, everyone take a couple of hours and hop on over to Robb Wolf's blog and listen to his podcast with Dr. Kurt Harris.  As usual, Kurt pulls it all together with fun and flair and a hefty serving of common sense.  He gives me and my blog a few mentions, which is very much appreciated, as always :)I've been anticipating excitement hunting down a couple of papers that came out in the...

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Carbs and Serotonin, A Connection After All?

A few weeks ago in Do Carbs Keep You Sane, I reported from a couple papers that disagreed with the textbook theory that a high carb, low protein and low fat diet would increase tryptophan in the brain.  The Wurtmans from MIT have designed a whole pharmacologic diet around this theory, so it was interesting to read the rebuttal, especially since the rebuttal included data from Dr. Judith Wurtman's...

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Anger and Homocysteine (A Folate Cycle Ditty)

Happy Friday!  I actually have a whole stack of interesting papers from email and links (as usual) - Paleo Wunderkind Jamie Scott sent me an email about homocysteine and anger earlier this week, and the papers are pretty cool.Quick and catchy brand new tune by Girls - Honey Bunny (right click to open in new tab)All right.  Homocysteine.  If you recall, in protein we eat an amino acid...

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Further Evidence that Mental Illness Exists

Long, long, long ago, I wrote several posts that were later updated for Psychology Today, mostly because it is the basis for my understanding of the pathology of depression with regards to that Big Bad of Diseases of Civilization, inflammation.  A nice tie-in to all those posts is here:Depression Crashed Your PartyIt is not, perhaps the friendliest of posts with all that biochemistry and all....

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Intriguing Links Between Depression and Cholesterol

Today's paper comes from the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry: Serum Lipoproteins Improve After Successful Pharmacologic Antidepressant Treatment: A Randomized Open-Label Prospective Trial.  Turns out that depression researchers are thinking about the whole body and not just the brain.  My basic premise is that it is all connected, folks.  Inflammation, heart disease, diabetes, obesity,...

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Phytic Acid - Mineral-grubbing Nuisance or Magic Food?

Chris Kresser emailed a link to an interesting paper published at the beginning of this year (thank you very much!  Hope little Sylvie is allowing you just a bit of sleep):  Phytic acid as a potential treatment for Alzheimer's pathology: evidence from animal and in vitro models. Music - Satie's Gnossienne #1 (right click to open in new tab).A few caveats - it's a mouse study, and even worse,...

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