On: Nootropics

[jgalvez]

It's VERY easy to make up your mind following a comment like "he's full of shit", but for anyone reading, I suggest you look at at these two articles by pranarupa:

https://pranarupa.wordpress.com/2012/12/25/pufa-because-this... https://pranarupa.wordpress.com/2013/01/31/serotonin-inflamm...

To me, Peat's notions on PUFAs and serotonin are the most important ones to grasp.

[forloop → jgalvez]

I agree. People should make up their own minds.

When I see studies like the following (grabbed from Dr. Rhonda Patrick's Twitter feed) it makes me question his position on fish oil.

I also found fish oil beneficial to my recovery process, after I got cognitive problems following MB.

Studies:

* Study links omega-3s to reduced mortality[0]

* Consumption of omega-3s linked to lower risk of fatal heart disease[1]

* Lower risk of bowel cancer death linked to high omega 3 intake after diagnosis[2]

* Omega-3, omega-6 supplement improves reading for children[3]

* Stroke-like brain damage is reduced in mice injected with omega-3s

[0] https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-06/g-slo062216.... [1] https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-06/tuhs-dco0623... [2] https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/07/160719214830.h... [3] https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/09/160914085808.h... [4] https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160822140534.h...

[teslabox → forloop]

I was convinced by the advocates for Omega 3's. Then my dogs destroyed my cofffee grinder (used to make flax seed meal), I realized that I'd never noticed a benefit, and stopped.

The modern diet is overloaded with Soybean Oil, an oil which should only be used as biodiesel. It takes years of a low-PUFA diet to obtain all the benefits. Some degree of temporary relief may be provided by Omega-3 supplementation, but this intervention doesn't address the cause of any condition.