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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24444255
The increase in corticosterone seen in rats given a high fat diet appears to be attenuated by up to 27% when given Rhaponticum carthamoides (300mg/kg of a 2.2% 20-hydroxyecdysone extract) for eight weeks,[3] a reduction that was comparable in magnitude to a similar dose of pomegranate extract containing 40% ellagic acid.[3]Rhaponticum carthamoides was also able to restore corticosterone concentrations in the adrenal glands by 25%, as they were depleted 2.15-fold in the high fat control group, despite pomegranate not having this effect.[3]
They don't specify the fat used in the chow, but since it stimulated corticosteroids, surely PUFAS wre involved.
Interesting effects of this well known old russian medicinal-plant, restoring drained adrenals.
Probably responsible for the effects are mainly the Ecdysteroids in the plant, a filed regrettably underapprecitaed by Peat and this forum:
https://raypeatforum.com/community/threads/plants-and-insects-as-a-source-of-steroids.20213/
The increase in corticosterone seen in rats given a high fat diet appears to be attenuated by up to 27% when given Rhaponticum carthamoides (300mg/kg of a 2.2% 20-hydroxyecdysone extract) for eight weeks,[3] a reduction that was comparable in magnitude to a similar dose of pomegranate extract containing 40% ellagic acid.[3]Rhaponticum carthamoides was also able to restore corticosterone concentrations in the adrenal glands by 25%, as they were depleted 2.15-fold in the high fat control group, despite pomegranate not having this effect.[3]
They don't specify the fat used in the chow, but since it stimulated corticosteroids, surely PUFAS wre involved.
Interesting effects of this well known old russian medicinal-plant, restoring drained adrenals.
Probably responsible for the effects are mainly the Ecdysteroids in the plant, a filed regrettably underapprecitaed by Peat and this forum:
https://raypeatforum.com/community/threads/plants-and-insects-as-a-source-of-steroids.20213/