tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3045634714760830992.post31412542253545816..comments2023-06-05T11:51:38.383-04:00Comments on Evolutionary Psychiatry: Meatless = Less Tense in the Short TermAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04429177284200775781noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3045634714760830992.post-26904417950606028472012-03-01T20:19:28.043-05:002012-03-01T20:19:28.043-05:00By the way, I was just reading and realized that t...By the way, I was just reading and realized that there is another possible explanation...good ol' vitamin c http://www.wellnessresources.com/health/articles/vitamin_c_boosts_mood/<br /><br />Or the best explanation, both. Potassium too, it makes me feel good. Obviously we don't know what the dietary changes are, but we have a pretty simple alternative explanation for the results.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3045634714760830992.post-54048150792792409302012-02-26T01:37:37.630-05:002012-02-26T01:37:37.630-05:00I don't think that dietary arachidonic acid in...I don't think that dietary arachidonic acid increases inflammation at all, there isn't any evidence for it. Some people just assume that because metabolites of arachidonic acid are pro-inflammatory then dietary arachidonic acid will get turned into these metabolites willy nilly and lead to massive chronic inflammation. But it's not so http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22188761 <br /><br />That's what we want, just one substitution with a supplement not a "low arachidonic acid diet" where they make many changes or whatever, and certainly not epidemiology, we want this experiment which is perfect. If I could do the Japan bow thingy to those researches I totally would.<br /><br />So eat your eggs, they might even have benefits http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20440721 (in mice but I'm kind of mousey sometimes!)<br /><br />I already believed that theory to be bunk because of my personal experience of eating eggs and having a CRP measurement of 0.1mg/dl. And we really know in that study that arachidonic acid doesn't change inflammatory markers because their baseline CRP not only didn't change but was completely optimal. Those Japanese dudes are healthy! :-)<br /><br />So it looks like the arachidonic acid---> inflammation hypothesis isn't right, and we need to look elsewhere to explain the changes. I'm still siding with the lack of big macs (or fish fillet?!) and more vegetables and fruits on the vegetarian diet providing more of the nutrients that people are lacking the most.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3045634714760830992.post-65565146435850608842012-02-25T03:47:06.626-05:002012-02-25T03:47:06.626-05:00What's the time frame for the possible interfe...What's the time frame for the possible interference between AA & EPA? If taking O3 caps with eggs = bad, would eating eggs in AM and gobbling O3s or fish in PM make any difference?Bone Daddy Dawghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14875466587598200902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3045634714760830992.post-18269363220980005052012-02-24T13:44:11.540-05:002012-02-24T13:44:11.540-05:00Sodium/potassium ratio??? I suppose this passes f...Sodium/potassium ratio??? I suppose this passes for a more holistic scientific approach?Christiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16310336227096013007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3045634714760830992.post-5730286558994295792012-02-24T10:30:35.785-05:002012-02-24T10:30:35.785-05:00Meatless = > Less Tense in the Short Term =>...Meatless = > Less Tense in the Short Term => Past Tense in the Long TermLeonRoverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01484097018449402128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3045634714760830992.post-61756265563037133962012-02-24T09:19:17.776-05:002012-02-24T09:19:17.776-05:00This was a pilot study, so I'm not sure it has...This was a pilot study, so I'm not sure it has much validity for the rest of us who don't fly airplanes.<br /><br />That settles it - I'm going vegan.<br /><br />Thanks, Emily.<br /><br />-Steve<br /><br />PS: I'm looking for the time to review a recent article on the dietary sodium/potassium ratio, which is linked to longevity and cardiovascular disease. The paleo diet should move the ratio in the right direction (lower sodium, higher potassium) compared to the SAD.Steve Parker, M.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13127995984175635389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3045634714760830992.post-16614619366758761682012-02-23T17:16:05.031-05:002012-02-23T17:16:05.031-05:00I saw that and was thinking of sending it to you b...I saw that and was thinking of sending it to you but 1. It is very limited, like you said: "what these researchers did not measure is pretty much everything that would tell us anything about what actually happened to decrease those stress scores" (you're quotable!) and 2. You are omniscient and knew about it already (and I'm omniscient because I know that you're omniscient).<br /><br />I agree for the most part. I think that if you tell people to go on a vegetarian diet they will spontaneously cut out all of the fast food and go eat food that they weren't eating before and resolve some nutrient deficiencies like...say...magnesium, which is plausible to us both. Now if they had done a dietary analysis we would be able to check that but they didn't.<br /><br />There are also other explanations that either fall into the wild-and-crazy-speculation-about-physiology or wild-and-crazy-armchair-psychology categories, but I need to keep that junk instead my head where it belongs. I'm also waiting for the next trial. Hopefully it doesn't have any flaws in it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com