Posted by JLx on October 17, 2004, at 18:10:54
In reply to Re: Tryptophan/ serotonin, tyrosine/dopamine... RAY » tealady, posted by raybakes on October 17, 2004, at 7:41:55
> I sometimes wonder if balancing the immune system, increasing energy and, blood flow and oxygen, would bring a lot of the body's neurotansmitters into balance? Just seems to be so much juggling and interaction - surely god can't be so mean!!Don't forget the hormone complications too. For women, we've got the monthly fluctuations when we're young and even worse ones when we get older. I think most of us have extra sensitivity to stress too. We're like the canaries in the mine when it comes to societal issues such as our food supply, changes in our family structures, environmental pollution, etc.
The following article caught my eye recently. Do you think the UK will institute some changes to prevent this? I'm wondering because you have national health insurance, and therefore, some governmental interest in prevention of illness unlike our own system in the US which is dominated by money and political influence by Big Pharma and the medical establishment.
http://millennium-debate.org/indsun27june042.htm
"Change in UK diets 'Could Trigger Mental Health Crisis'
Changes in British diets are going to lead to an explosion in mental health problems, medical experts said yesterday. They warned of a crisis even bigger than the epidemic of obesity afflicting the UK.
They said that most of the increase could probably be blamed on changes in farming and food over the past 20 years, which have led to deficiencies in essential omega-3 fatty acids. ...
pregnant women with lower intakes of omega-3 are more likely to have children who will go on to have behavioural problems, attention disorders and other problems.
The mothers themselves were more likely to suffer from depression if they had lower-than-average intakes of the fatty acid.
Professor Crawford warned: "We are facing a monumental crisis here, and a lot of it is due to the very simple issue of diet."
This follows a study highlighted earlier this year by the Royal College of Psychiatrists, which revealed a world-wide link between a lack of omega-3 in the diet and schizophrenia. This research showed that people who ate high levels of sugar and dairy products, instead of oily fish, were more likely to develop severe mental illness. ...
omega-3 is linked to brain development and mental health and is found in "green" foods such as cabbage due to the photosynthesis process.
Professor Crawford said that at the beginning of the century, people's omega-3 intake was higher because of traditional farming practices where cows and lambs were fed on grass.
However, intensive agriculture practices over the past 50 years have meant that livestock is now fed on grain and vitamins rather than omega-3-rich foods.
Mental health problems are already predicted to become the third most costly burden of disease in the world by 2020."
Btw, I noticed that you said you'd been to a presentation where someone from the Monroe Institute was speaking? What did he say and what did you think of him? I have had some experience with their brainwave technology and there's a thread on it here: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/alter/20040928/msgs/398366.html
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