Posted by tecknohed on August 5, 2005, at 19:20:04
In reply to Tecknohed and Racer..., posted by Cybele on August 3, 2005, at 12:16:01
> Thank you *so* much for your replies! I now have something to research and talk to my doctor about.
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> Are you familiar with this article? I am definitely one of the "high reactors" to phenylethylamine:
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> http://bjsm.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/35/5/342
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> 2001 British Journal of Sports Medicine
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> Phenylethylamine, a possible link to the antidepressant effects of exercise?
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> A Szabo, E Billett and J Turner
> Department of Life Sciences, Nottingham Trent University
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> I wish I could present myself to those researchers as a study case.
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> Off to the gym now to buy myself a few hours of post-exercise relief from this short-circuiting brain of mine. The Elliptical Trainer is my Friend.
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> Cheers,
> Cybele
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Strange chemical that phenylethylamine. Chocolate is supposed to be rich in it. Yet I've read some reports suggesting it has little effect in man, at least when taken via an external route (eaten, injected, etc). There's an excellent book by Alexandra Shulgin called PIHKAL (Phenethylamines I Have Known And Loved) which covers the subject. I highly recommend a read!Also I thought that it was the Endorphins which were responsible for excercises mood-lifting effects.
Of course there's a lot of reports on PEA's activity also. Maybe its only active if manufactured from inside the body.
Maybe my brain just ticks overtime!?
Regards,
Kev.
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