Blinkyrocket
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Ah! Well then... -_-Janelle525 said:I think he said his cushings is from a tumor, but good find!
schultz said:This is interesting as I was just reading about equine Cushing's syndrome aka Pituitary Pars Intermedia Dysfunction (PPID). One of the treatments for PPID is cyproheptadine. I believe the equine Cushing's syndrome is a bit different but still this is interesting to me. PPID is also connected to diabetes in horses.
I do a lot of animal research, mainly on ruminant animals and chickens, and it's interesting to start picking out similarities to what Ray talks about with human nutrition. Except in animal research they are much more direct it seems.
For example, in chicks there is a disease called "crazy chick disease" which is caused by a vitamin E deficiency. Really it's cause by PUFA but the vitamin E just happens to cure it. Here is a quote from this site...
"The vitamin E deficiency is usually manifested in young birds -chickens, turkey poults, ducklings, pheasant poults etc. Most outbreaks are related to high levels of polyunsaturated fat in the diet (meat and bone meal, fish meal etc.) or rancid fat content."
Chickens have higher body temperatures so I'm sure PUFA's oxidize even quicker in their body.
Ray has mentioned yellow fat disease in mink. It also occurs in cats
"Ingestion of large amounts of unsaturated fats without sufficient antioxidant activity may result in peroxidation (where free radicals "steal" electrons from the lipids in cell membranes, resulting in cell damage) with subsequent fat necrosis (death of fat cells) and steatitis. Cats that are fed large amounts of tuna, particularly red tuna, tend to be more prone to steatitis."
And recently there was a ScienceDaily article about dolphins getting diabetes, and when they eat saturated fat it goes away...
"We were surprised to find that among the 55 fatty acids studied, the saturated fat heptadecanoic acid appeared to have had the most beneficial impact on dolphin metabolism,"
This fat, heptadecanoic acid, or C17:0, is also found in dairy...
"The highest levels were found in whole fat milk, yogurt, and especially butter."
Anyway, I didn't mean to change the topic, just got excited is all