[Paleopsych] inner judges on the rampage
Steve Hovland
shovland at mindspring.com
Fri Dec 17 02:52:54 UTC 2004
The mention of Phenylalanine came from a book I have
on amino acids. When I looked up the metabolic
pathway I didn't find much:
http://www.genome.jp/kegg/pathway/map/map00360.html
But the same book also mentions Tyrosine, and there a
lot happens: L-Dopa (re Parkinson's), dopamine, noradrenaline,
adrenaline, normetanephrine, metanephrine.
http://www.genome.jp/kegg/pathway/map/map00360.html
Look in the lower right area of the chart.
It may be that Phenyl can be used to make Tyrosine.
But yes, if I take 500mg of Phenylalanine and 500mg of Tyrosine
in the morning with a couple of cups of coffee I get so speedy I
don't get much done. Today I took Tyrosine with breakfast
and Phenyl after lunch and had a very productive day :-)
To me this is nutricology: using food to improve health, in this
case mental health. Psychiatric drugs like SSRI's work by
interfering with the metabolic pathway. There are a lot of things
downstream from seratonin in the Tryptophan pathway, so it's
no wonder there are a lot of side effects.
Steve Hovland
www.stevehovland.net
-----Original Message-----
From: Christian Rauh [SMTP:christian.rauh at uconn.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 9:43 PM
To: The new improved paleopsych list
Subject: Re: [Paleopsych] inner judges on the rampage
Does phenylalanine really have an effect or is this just a joke? I mean,
diet coke?
Christian
Steve Hovland wrote:
> The amino acids l-phenylalanine and l-tyrosine
> are precursors to catecholamines.
>
> At this time of year I am supplementing with both
> of those to overcome winter blahs. I'm doing very well.
>
> I take 500m of tyrosine at breakfast and 500mg
> of phenylalanine at lunch and finish the day
> with high energy.
>
> Tyrosine is also supposed to boost dopamine.
>
> Phenylalanine combined with too much coffee
> shatters my ability to concentrate.
>
> Tryptophan is a precursor to seratonin, but at this time
> of year that is not good for me.
>
> I tend to be high at midyear and take tryptophan
> then to smooth me out.
>
> Steve Hovland
> www.stevehovland.net
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Geraldine Reinhardt [SMTP:waluk at earthlink.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 7:50 PM
> To: The new improved paleopsych list
> Subject: Re: [Paleopsych] inner judges on the rampage
>
> I certainly hope so because my research is coincident
> to that of Ross. Low catecholamines is worth
> investigation as in low serotonin yet my bottom line is
> how to increase both chemicals. Is this done
> physically or psychologically?
>
>
> Gerry Reinhart-Waller
> Independent Scholar
> http://www.home.earthlink.net/~waluk
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Hovland" <shovland at mindspring.com>
> To: "'The new improved paleopsych list'"
> <paleopsych at paleopsych.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 6:18 PM
> Subject: RE: [Paleopsych] inner judges on the rampage
>
>
>
>>Ross- do you think you will be able to find
>>some hard science to confirm your theories
>>about 2 forms of depression?
>>
>>Steve Hovland
>>www.stevehovland.net
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Ross Buck [SMTP:ross.buck at uconn.edu]
>>Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 8:36 AM
>>To: 'The new improved paleopsych list';
>>HowlBloom at aol.com
>>Subject: RE: [Paleopsych] inner judges on the rampage
>>
>>Howard:
>>
>>
>>
>>I agree with that control (competence) is a key
>>determinant of whether one
>>is of value or not, but it is only half the picture.
>>The other is being
>>loved. Effectance/competence motivation and
>>attachment-love are the two
>>great biomotivators of higher-level emotions/motives
>>in human beings (and
>>other creatures), and I think they are fully
>>dissociable. I have
>>hypothesized that a lack of control is associated
>>with Type A major
>>depression (associated with low catecholamines) and a
>>lack of love is
>>associated with Type B major depression (associated
>>with low serotonin).
>>These are ancient mechanisms: serotonin will turn on
>>threat displays in
>>lobsters, and SSRIs are effective for many (not all)
>>depressions. All else
>>equal, men may be more susceptible to Type A
>>depression and women to Type B,
>>and there is recent evidence that depression is
>>associated with
>>right-hemisphere mechanisms in men and
>>left-hemisphere mechanisms in women.
>>I think the LH is particularly associated with
>>prosocial emotions (including
>>the emotions/motives underlying the learning,
>>teaching, and use of language)
>>and the RH with individualist emotions/motives.
>>
>>
>>
>>Cheers, Ross
>>
>>
>>
>>References:
>>
>>
>>
>> Buck, R. (1999). The biological affects: A
>>typology. Psychological
>>Review. 106(2), 301-336.
>>
>>
>>
>> Buck, R. (2002). The genetics and biology of
>>true love: Prosocial
>>biological affects and the left hemisphere.
>>Psychological Review. 109(4).
>>739-744.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>Ross Buck, Ph. D.
>>
>>Professor of Communication Sciences
>>
>> and Psychology
>>
>>Communication Sciences U-1085
>>
>>University of Connecticut
>>
>>Storrs, CT 06269-1085
>>
>>860-486-4494
>>
>>fax 860-486-5422
>>
>>buck at uconnvm.uconn.edu
>>
>>http://www.coms.uconn.edu/docs/people/faculty/rbuck/index.htm
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>"Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as
>>when they do it from
>>religious conviction."
>>
>>-- Blaise Pascal
>>
>>
>>
>> _____
>>
>>From: paleopsych-bounces at paleopsych.org
>>[mailto:paleopsych-bounces at paleopsych.org] On Behalf
>>Of HowlBloom at aol.com
>>Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 12:21 AM
>>To: paleopsych at paleopsych.org
>>Subject: [Paleopsych] inner judges on the rampage
>>
>>
>>
>>If the theory put forth in my first book, The Lucifer
>>Principle: A
>>Scientific Expedition Into the Forces of History, is
>>at all correct,
>>evolution has riddled us with self-destruct
>>mechanisms, mechanisms that do
>>away with us when we are not a part of the solution,
>>we are part of the
>>problem. By shutting us down, our self-destruct
>>mechanisms shunt resources
>>to those who have a handle on the crisis at hand and
>>snatches the goods away
>>from those who can't get a grip on things. She
>>turns on those who
>>contribute to the neural net, to the complex adaptive
>>system, to the
>>collective learning machine-just as she hands out
>>bio-prizes to useful
>>citizens of the immune system, lymphocytes and
>>bio-punishments to citizens
>>whose specialization is momentarily irrelevant.
>>Evolution, biology,
>>physiology, or whatever you choose to call our stress
>>mechanism and her grim
>>reapers do this to maximize the intelligence of the
>>collective enterprise.
>>In the case of the immune system, some are made
>>wealthy and vigorous, and
>>some are made weak and imporvished so that the
>>overall system can defeat
>>invaders.
>>
>>
>>
>>The key determiner of whether you are of value or not
>>seems to be the extent
>>to which you feel you have control.
>>
>>
>>
>>Is the fact that,
>>
>>
>>
>>"The pressure of meeting a work deadline can produce
>>a sixfold increase in
>>the risk of suffering a heart attack over the course
>>of the following day.
>>And competition at work could double the ongoing
>>risk"
>>
>>
>>
>>an example of a self-destruct mechanism at work? Has
>>evolution done what my
>>second book, Global Brain: The Evolution of Mass Mind
>>From The Big Bang to
>>the 21st Century, claims? Has it seated inner judges
>>within us to determine
>>who wins and loses the competition and who is and is
>>not up to the
>>challenge-of-the-day? Howard
>>
>>
>>
>>Retrieved December 15, 2004, from the World Wide Web
>><http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996786>
>>http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996786
>>
>> Stressful deadlines boost heart attack risk 00:01 14
>>December 04
>>NewScientist.com news service The pressure of meeting
>>a work deadline can
>>produce a sixfold increase in the risk of suffering a
>>heart attack over the
>>course of the following day. And competition at work
>>could double the
>>ongoing risk, according to a new study. Previous
>>research has shown that
>>intense anger, sexual activity and emotional stress
>>can all lead to heart
>>attacks. But this is the first time having an intense
>>work deadline has been
>>singled out as a trigger for heart attack over such a
>>short timescale.
>>"This is potentially important for patients and for
>>Swedish work law," says
>>lead author Jette Moller of the Karolinska Institutet
>>in Stockholm, Sweden.
>>"Changes in the labour market organisation have
>>created more stress and
>>people should be aware of the impact on health." She
>>cites workload, lower
>>job security and increased competition in the
>>workplace as factors. The
>>study questioned nearly 1400 heart attack survivors
>>from the Stockholm area,
>>aged 45 to 70, about the period leading up to their
>>first heart attack. They
>>were compared with a control group of about 1700
>>people who had not had a
>>heart attack. The volunteers were asked questions
>>about their work over the
>>last year and over the days immediately before their
>>heart attack. The
>>questions included whether they had been criticised
>>for their performance or
>>lateness, been promoted or laid off, faced a
>>high-pressure deadline at work,
>>changed their workplace and whether their financial
>>situation had changed.
>>Money worries The results show that intense pressure
>>over a short period
>>increased the risk of a heart attack more than a
>>build up of stress over an
>>entire year, and that the heart attack can follow
>>very soon after this spell
>>of increased pressure. Amongst the heart attack
>>group, 8% had faced a
>>significant event at work less than 24 hours before
>>their attack. However,
>>long-term changes also play a part. Taking on extra
>>responsibility at work
>>over the last year - if viewed negatively by the
>>participant - increased the
>>chance of a heart attack by almost four times in
>>women and over six times in
>>men. And a deterioration in financial situation
>>tripled the risk of a heart
>>attack amongst women. Subscribe to New Scientist for
>>more news and features
>>Related Stories Downsizing raises risk of death in
>>workers 23 February 2004
>>Science graduates live long and prosper 01 August
>>2003 Unfair bosses make
>>blood pressure soar 24 June 2003 For more related
>>stories search the print
>>edition Archive Weblinks Social Epidemiology
>>Research, Karolinska
>>Institutet, Stockholm George Fieldman,
>>Buckinghamshire Chilterns University
>>College Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
>>George Fieldman, an
>>expert in cognitive therapy and health psychology at
>>Buckinghamshire
>>Chilterns University College in the UK, says the
>>sixfold increase in risk
>>caused by meeting a deadline is massive, but not
>>surprising. He points out
>>that previous research has shown that a person's
>>chance of suffering a heart
>>attack is higher on a Monday morning. He adds these
>>studies can help to
>>pinpoint the stress risk factors for heart attacks.
>>"It is difficult to
>>unpick the details of what constitutes stress for
>>different people in
>>different situations," he says. The study shows that
>>stress at work can
>>pose a very real and immediate threat to health,
>>Fieldman says, and adds: "I
>>must remember to take it easy." Journal reference:
>>Journal of Epidemiology
>>and Community Health (DOI: 10.1136/jech.2003.019349)
>>Katharine Davis
>>
>>
>>
>>----------
>>Howard Bloom
>>Author of The Lucifer Principle: A Scientific
>>Expedition Into the Forces of
>>History and Global Brain: The Evolution of Mass Mind
>>From The Big Bang to
>>the 21st Century
>>Visiting Scholar-Graduate Psychology Department, New
>>York University; Core
>>Faculty Member, The Graduate Institute
>>www.howardbloom.net
>>www.bigbangtango.net
>>Founder: International Paleopsychology Project;
>>founding board member: Epic
>>of Evolution Society; founding board member, The
>>Darwin Project; founder:
>>The Big Bang Tango Media Lab; member: New York
>>Academy of Sciences, American
>>Association for the Advancement of Science, American
>>Psychological Society,
>>Academy of Political Science, Human Behavior and
>>Evolution Society,
>>International Society for Human Ethology; advisory
>>board member:
>>Youthactivism.org; executive editor -- New Paradigm
>>book series.
>>For information on The International Paleopsychology
>>Project, see:
>>www.paleopsych.org
>>for two chapters from
>>The Lucifer Principle: A Scientific Expedition Into
>>the Forces of History,
>>see www.howardbloom.net/lucifer
>>For information on Global Brain: The Evolution of
>>Mass Mind from the Big
>>Bang to the 21st Century, see www.howardbloom.net
>>
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