Posted by qqqsimmons on August 29, 2004, at 14:29:33
In reply to Re: fish oil sensitivity » qqqsimmons, posted by Larry Hoover on August 29, 2004, at 13:42:22
Thanks for the warning on the flax seed. I may still try it. I read somewhere on pubmed that the lignans in flax oil may inhibit aromatase, so less testosterone would be converted to estrogen.
I would love to know why I'm sensitive to antidepressents (st john's wort too). I never had any problem with "poop out".
I don't suppose there's an easy way someone could find out what version of the serotonin transporter gene they've got? There's probably a lot of stuff like this that still isn't understood...
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> I probably was sloppy with the semantics. Gene regulation is influenced by DHA, for example, but that's not an immediate effect, as you describe. Your sensitivity is due to your genetic complement (how your genes are already regulated). Now, just why you get a stimulation of that magnitude is not clear, but dopaminergic activity is, in part, regulated by free DHA levels.
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> For a more detailed look at the effects of fish oil, see:
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> http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FDN/is_4_8/ai_111303983/pg_1
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