yes- the message was to you Annette for your sarcastic comment.
so much for requested help.> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [tips]
serotonin and popcorn?> To: [email protected]> Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2007
08:47:58 -0700> > Who are you? And where did Freud come from?> > Bill, are you
moderating this at all? > > Annette> > > Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D.>
Professor of Psychology> University of San Diego> 5998 Alcala Park> San Diego,
CA 92110> 619-260-4006> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > ---- Original message ---->
>Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2007 07:28:28 +0000> >From: Nicholas Savva <[EMAIL
PROTECTED]> > >Subject: RE: [tips] serotonin and popcorn? > >To: "Teaching in
the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected]>> >> > thanks for
your reply on Freud- you were son> > informative- not!!!!!!> > > > > > idiot.>
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: [tips] serotonin and popcorn?> >
> To: [email protected]> > > Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 19:27:02 -0700> > >>
> > WHOA! Where do I get this special carbo-enhanced> > beverage???> > >> > > I
want some!> > >> > > If it is really such a miracle drug why isn't it> > more
widely available. I'm, sorry, my skeptical> > bells and whistles are going off.
I want the magic> > bullet! OOPS, but there are none :( So, what to> > think
about all this???????> > >> > > Annette> > >> > >> > > Annette Kujawski Taylor,
Ph.D.> > > Professor of Psychology> > > University of San Diego> > > 5998
Alcala Park> > > San Diego, CA 92110> > > 619-260-4006> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >> > >> > > ---- Original message ----> > > >Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 21:12:20
EDT> > > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Subject: Re: [tips] serotonin and
popcorn?> > > >To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences> > (TIPS)"
<[email protected]>> > > >> > > > In a message dated 9/30/2007 12:14:36
P.M.> > Eastern> > > > Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:> > > >> > > >
More questions then:> > > >> > > > Would the effects of carbs be anything like
the> > > > supposed effects of tryptophan? And does eating> > a> > > > normal
sized portion of turkey or drinking a> > glass> > > > of warm milk really do
anything measurable> > within> > > > a human being?> > > >> > > > Annette> > >
>> > > >> > > > Hi Annette -> > > >> > > > I am guessing that Judith Wurtman
and her> > husband,> > > > Robert, would say yes. A few early studies are> > >
> abstracted below. She has published several> > popular> > > > books on the
subject (such as, Serotonin> > Solution).> > > > It seems that her work has
become ever more> > > > popularized:> > > >> >
http://www.dietdetective.com/content/blogcategory/61/177/> > > >> > > > Hope
this helps. =)> > > >> > > > Adv Exp Med Biol. 1996;398:35-41. Links> > > >> >
> >Brain Serotonin, Carbohydrate-craving, obesity> > and> > > >depression.> > >
>> > > > Wurtman RJ, Wurtman JJ.> > > >> > > > Department of Brain and
Cognitive Sciences,> > > > Clinical Research Center Massachussetts> > > >
Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02139, USA.> > > >> > > > PMID: 9045545
[PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]> > > >> > > > Obstet Gynecol. 1995 Oct;86(4 Pt
1):520-8. Links> > > >> > > >The effect of a carbohydrate-rich beverage on> >
mood,> > > >appetite, and cognitive function in women with> > > >premenstrual
syndrome.> > > >> > > > Sayegh R, Schiff I, Wurtman J, Spiers P,> > > >
McDermott J, Wurtman R.> > > >> > > > Division of Reproductive Endocrinology
and> > > > Infertility, Vincent Memorial Obstetrics and> > > > Gynecology
Service, Massachusetts General> > > > Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston,
USA.> > > >> > > > OBJECTIVE: To test the efficacy of a> > > >
specially-formulated, carbohydrate-rich> > > > beverage (one known to increase
the serum ratio> > > > of tryptophan to other large neutral amino> > > > acids)
on the mood, cognitive, and appetitive> > > > disturbances of premenstrual
syndrome (PMS).> > > > METHODS: Twenty-four women with confirmed PMS> > > >
were enrolled in a double-blind, crossover> > > > study to test the efficacy of
the> > > > specially-formulated beverage compared with two> > > > other
isocaloric products on PMS symptoms. The> > > > study was conducted over three
menstrual cycles> > > > preceded by a 1-month placebo run-in. Patients> > > >
were tested at home or work using an> > > > interactive computer-telephone
system.> > > > Standardized measurements of mood, cognitive> > > > performance,
and food cravings were made before> > > > and 30, 90, and 180 minutes after
consumption> > > > of active and placebo beverages during the late> > > >
luteal phase of the menstrual cycle. RESULTS:> > > > The experimental
carbohydrate intervention> > > > significantly decreased self-reported> > > >
depression, anger, confusion, and carbohydrate> > > > craving 90-180 minutes
after intake. Memory> > > > word recognition was also improved> > > >
significantly compared with scores obtained> > > > during the placebo run-in
month (P < .05). The> > > > isocaloric placebo interventions had no> > > >
significant effect on any of these measures.> > > > CONCLUSION: The results
suggest that the> > > > psychological and appetitive symptoms of PMS> > > > can
be relieved after consuming a> > > > specially-formulated, carbohydrate-rich> >
> > beverage known to increase serum tryptophan> > > > levels.> > > >> > > >
Drugs. 1990;39 Suppl 3:49-52. Links> > > >> > > >Carbohydrate craving.
Relationship between> > carbohydrate> > > >intake and disorders of mood.> > >
>> > > > Wurtman JJ.> > > >> > > > Massachusetts Institute of Technology,> > >
> Cambridge.> > > >> > > > Common to repetitive episodes of weight gain or> > >
> failures to succeed on weight loss regimens is> > > > the excessive
consumption of carbohydrate-rich> > > > foods in association with dysphoria.
The brain> > > > neurotransmitter, serotonin, seems to be> > > > involved in
the abnormal regulation of mood and> > > > food intake that underlies diet
failures or> > > > weight gain in individuals who suffer from> > > >
carbohydrate craving obesity (CCO),> > > > premenstrual syndrome (PMS) and
seasonal> > > > affective disorder (SAD). All 3 syndromes are> > > >
characterized by episodic bouts of increased> > > > carbohydrate consumption
and depressed mood.> > > > Studies with dietary treatment or drugs that> > > >
enhance serotoninergic neurotransmission have> > > > found that increased
serotonin> > > > neurotransmission is associated with normalised> > > > food
intake and mood. These results suggest> > > > that periodic intervention with
dietary or drug> > > > treatment that increases serotonin availability> > > >
may help sustain weight or assist in weight> > > > loss.> > > >> > > >> > > >>
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