Tag: serotonin
Low-carb diet and chronic (even mild) stress sufficient to cause heart disease (CVD) and depression
I first tried low-carbing, circa 2008, and quickly realized just how detrimental it is to health, especially…
Antidepressants (SSRI) can trigger hyponatremia, which causes severe anxiety
Just a few days ago I did a post on how avoiding dietary salt can cause hyponatremia…
PUFA/MUFA trigger serotonin release, platelet aggregation independently of downstream metabolites; SFA do not
One of the sneaky arguments that mainstream makes in favor of PUFA is that while they have…
Sodium restriction may cause anxiety
One of the most pernicious dietary myths imposed by the nutrition and medical industries is that dietary…
Dopamine agonists may treat “untreatable” depression, by lowering serotonin
The list of studies undermining the “serotonin hypothesis” in depression keeps growing. Actually, those studies do not…
LSD, banned by the FDA/DEA as mentally damaging, may cure anxiety/depression with even a single dose
Once again, we see that the truth is often 180 degrees from what public health authorities keep…
Highly selective serotonin (5-HT) antagonist treats both anxiety and depression, proving 5-HT is a cause of both
It never ceases to amaze me just how paradoxical the pharma industry is. On one hand, they…
High serotonin (5-HT), not low dopamine (DA) per se, as the main driver of Parkinson Disease (PD)
I have several posts on my blog of studies demonstrating that 5-HT antagonists have demonstrated pr-eclinical activity…
Anti-depressant drugs (SSRI) cause heart defects/disease by inhibiting oxidative metabolism
I am amazed by the number of already published studies that openly admit that SSRI drugs have…
Blocking serotonin (5-HT) may treat alcoholism
After decades of animal research implicating the serotonin system in the development of all sorts of “addictions”,…