Tag: depression
New IdeaLabs Product – 3α-Dihydroprogesterone (3α-DHP)
As many of my readers know, the medical industry has been quietly increasing its interest in and…
Depression Is “A Normal Brain Responding to Stress or Adversity”
Actual title of the article, quoting the main author of the Nature op-ed. There has been a…
High-fat, low-carb diet may cause obesity, inflammation, anxiety (by raising serotonin), even suicide
Double whammy for two popular medical dogmas. One of them is that serotonin is the “happy hormone”…
Vitamin A may alleviate depression in humans
I know this post will make me a lot of new enemies among the anti-retinol crowd, but…
Vinegar (acetic acid) alleviates depression in humans by increasing niacinamide
A very interesting study, which suggests niacinamide may be a treatment for depression. Strikingly, the almost 50%…
Serotonin (5-HT) promotes (chronic) pain and, likely, depression as well
Evil serotonin rears its ugly head again. This time, the findings of the study below are that…
Endotoxin/LPS can cause anxiety/depression; COX inhibitors (e.g. aspirin) may treat both
Another study demonstrating the potent effects endotoxin/LPS has on systemic inflammation and mental health even after a…
Low thyroid, cholesterol, vitamin D/K linked to depression and suicide
One of the few studies out there that dared to touch the “metabolic theory” of depression. Namely,…
SSRI drugs, serotonin (5-HT) can cause chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)
Mainstream medicine does not officially recognize the condition commonly known as CFS. Depending on which doctor one…
SSRI drugs cause depression/anxiety, blocking serotonin rapidly reverses the latter
It is hard to come up with a more controversial statement in psychiatry than to say that…