Ray Peat said:"Some fruits, including bananas, pineapples, and tomatoes, contain enough serotonin to produce
physiological effects in susceptible people."
Source: Serotonin Newsletter March 2011
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Ray Peat said:"Some fruits, including bananas, pineapples, and tomatoes, contain enough serotonin to produce
physiological effects in susceptible people."
Charlie said:Ray Peat said:"Some fruits, including bananas, pineapples, and tomatoes, contain enough serotonin to produce
physiological effects in susceptible people."
Serotonin Newsletter
No... it doesn't.kiran said:I wonder if cooking reduces serotonin.
kiran said:Ideally speaking, I believe the gut has the Monoamine oxidase A (MAO-A) enzyme which *should* deactivate serotonin. So there's a lot of variability there I imagine. Which is why Peat mentioned "...in susceptible people"
Oh, Rachel, I was going to start that tomorrow!!Rachel said:I guess this puts the kibosh on the '30 Bananas + 30 Pineapples + 30 Tomatoes a Day!' diet.
Birdie said:kiran said:Ideally speaking, I believe the gut has the Monoamine oxidase A (MAO-A) enzyme which *should* deactivate serotonin. So there's a lot of variability there I imagine. Which is why Peat mentioned "...in susceptible people"
So, you're saying that although cooking doesn't effect serotonin, an enzyme in the gut might deactivate it.
Sorry, Birdie!Birdie said:Oh, Rachel, I was going to start that tomorrow!!Rachel said:I guess this puts the kibosh on the '30 Bananas + 30 Pineapples + 30 Tomatoes a Day!' diet.
Birdie said:What was the date on the Serotonin Newsletter? My subscription just started in January. I don't think I got that NL.
Thanks, I don't have it, then.Charlie said:Birdie said:What was the date on the Serotonin Newsletter? My subscription just started in January. I don't think I got that NL.
March 2011
Birdie said:My question is. "Who are the susceptible people?"
Charlie said:Birdie said:My question is. "Who are the susceptible people?"
Hypothyroid people I would assume.
Serotonin tends to cause hypoglycemia, and hypoglycemia inhibits the conversion of thyroxine into the active T3 hormone.
Autistic children and their relatives have high concentrations of serotonin in their serum and platelets.
Serotonin and estrogen have many systematically interrelated functions, and women are much more likely to suffer from depression than men are. Serotonin and histamine are increased by estrogen, and their activation mimics the effects of estrogen. Serotonin is closely involved in mood disorders, but also in a great variety of other problems that affect women much more frequently than men. These are probably primarily energy disorders, relating to cellular respiration and thyroid function. Liver disease and brain disease, e.g., Alzheimer’s disease, are both much more common in women than in men, and serotonin and estrogen strongly affect the energetic processes in these organs.
kiran said:Tomatoes, damnit.