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  1. haidut

    The toxins that threaten our brains

    A decent article that reviews some of the substances that Peat talks about, but are considered "good" by mainstream medicine. Fluoride and phosphates are two good examples, but the article covers other common toxins as well. http://www.theatlantic.com/features/arc ... ns/284466/
  2. haidut

    Tongue Has A "sensing" Ability For Sugar

    This is not directly Petarian, but I have been following the news on performance enhancing effects of sugar in sports. It has been known for a long time that the performance boosting effect is present even without people ingesting the sugar but simply gargling with it and spitting it out. This...
  3. haidut

    Caffeine acts similarly to pCPA in the brain

    In case anybody needed a pCPA substitute, this study claims that chronic caffeine ingestion will have a similar effect. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7475912 "...The findings are discussed as repeated caffeine administration producing adaptive changes in the serotonergic neurons to...
  4. haidut

    Caffeine Increases Pregnenolone & Progesterone In The Brain

    As a follow up on my other posts, caffeine is really shaping up to be another Peatarian panacea. At doses achievable in humans with supplementation, caffeine seems to increase the levels of all important steroids in the brain, and in fact this may be the mechanism behind its stimulant effects...
  5. haidut

    Tryptophan (serotonin) Depletion In Brain (and Elsewhere)

    I wrote on this topic several times and I know has commented on it as well in terms of lowering serotonin by loading up on gelatin and BCAA. One of the most potent methods for lowering serotonin in the brain is by taking the chemical p-choloro-phenylalanine (pCPA), which inhibits the enzyme...
  6. haidut

    Taurine Increases Dopamine Synthesis In The Brain

    Taurine is a close analog to GABA and is thought to function through the same "receptors". Ray has mentioned that it would be beneficial. There are multiple studies on oral taurine increasing testosterone in rats by 200% and I have experienced that effects myself, confirmed by saliva hormone...
  7. haidut

    Cyproheptadine - A Wonder Drug?

    Hi all, As you many of you know, Ray Peat has mentioned cyproheptadine as a possible option for correcting certain physiological processes that have been derailed after years of eating PUFA, being exposed to chronic stress, toxins, endotoxin, battling chronic diseases, etc. As I mentioned in...
    • haidut
    • Thread
    • alcoholism anti-cancer autism brain cyproheptadine decompression sickness depression endotoxin fertility heart immune system myopathy prostaglandin psoriasis schizophrenia study synthesis
    • Replies: 461
    • Forum: Scientific Studies
  8. bradley

    Valkee Brain Stimulation Headset

    Has anyone heard of this device? I'm curious of the Peatarian perspective on it. http://www.valkee.com/
    • bradley
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    • brain health
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Health
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