Tag: serotonin

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Popular weight loss drugs (GLP-1 agonists) kill libido by activating a serotonin receptor (5-HT2C)

So much for “morning glory”…or was it the “glory of Rome”? Yet another study demonstrating that the…

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Low calcium and vitamin D levels linked to premature hair graying

Give the role of both of these nutrients in cellular energy production, this finding is not at…

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MEDICINE: Serotonin/SSRI can help OCD issues; STUDY: Acetylcholine promotes serotonin, both can cause OCD

For decades, mainstream medicine has portrayed acetylcholine as the “learning neurotransmitter” and serotonin as the “happy hormone.” Drugs that raise…

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Serotonin (5-HT) implicated as a cause of tinnitus

For years, mainstream medicine has treated serotonin as the “happy hormone” and prescribed SSRIs (Prozac, Zoloft, etc.)…

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Serotonin (5-HT) may be a major cause of heart valve disease

Serotonin is almost universally portrayed in the media and by conventional psychiatry as the “happy hormone” —…

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High-fat diet ups cortisol/serotonin (5-HT), hinders 5-HT deactivation, causes leaky gut and systemic inflammation

I am sure I will get a lot of hate-mail about this, but frankly this is not…

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Serotonin (5-HT) is both a biomarker and driver of osteoporosis

More than decade ago I was reading one of the article’s on Ray’s website, in which he…

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Serotonin (5-HT) promotes blood vessel thickening, may cause cardiovascular disease (CVD)

Yet another study that exposes the “happiness hormone” 5-HT as anything but. In addition, the study also…

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It’s official – high serotonin (5-HT), not high dopamine (DA), drives schizophrenia

This is perhaps the first human study to directly point the finger at 5-HT as a cause…

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A shift from oxidative toward anaerobic metabolism increases nitric oxide (NO) and lactate and drives migraines

Ray mentioned the topic of migraines many times in his articles. He implicated estrogen, serotonin, NO and…