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Update: I was wrong to remove quercetin

Posted by aeon on November 26, 2006, at 22:28:50

In reply to Re: Exercise benefit is Anandamide not endorphins, posted by aeon on November 26, 2006, at 20:53:30

Turns out removing quercetin was a bad move. My reasoning was that it would stop the conversion of GLA to Arachidonic Acid.

However it turns out that COX 2 is one of the enzymes that degrades anandamide into prostaglandin E2.

Blocking the enzyme means that there is only one other pathway for anandamide breakdown, the FAAh enzyme (Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolyase). Lots of companies are working on ways to block this enzyme. Apparently chocolate contains some FAAH inhibitors but I cannot find out which ones yet.

So I am going to bring back the quercetin (blocking anandamide breakdown may have been the mechanism for how it makes you feel nice anyway) and start eating dark chocolate yum yum.

Cheers

aeon


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