Posted by linkadge on July 10, 2006, at 20:27:49
In reply to Re: Getting stoned without marajuanna., posted by helpme on July 10, 2006, at 0:03:49
You just get some ideas and then you search the search engines endlessly till you find some connections.
It has been questioned wheather the levels of PEA could affect depression.
I see it this way. Yes, there are other foods that contain higher levels of PEA. But chocolate also inhibits monoamine oxidase. So, the activity of PEA is going to be amplified.
Darker chocolate too, yeilds significantly more of the psychoactive compounds.Same thing goes for anandamide. The levels on their own may not have an effect, but chcocolate also contains compounds that slow the metabolism of anandamide.
Researchers are not looking at the food as a whole, nor have they taken into acound how individual compounds might interact.
Don't you remember what the first researchers said about St. John's Wort? They said, oh, it only inhibits serotonin uptake by 50%, therefore it cannot be an effective antidepressant. Looking at the herb as a whole though, you've got effects on serotonin, norepinehprine, dopamine, gaba, glutamate, CRF etc.
www.chocolate.org is a good site of reference.
Linkadge
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