Bacteria Control your mind.
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After all, if you are fat, is not your fault, is the bacteria living in your gut that makes your craving that 3,000 calories fat and juicy burger, or that sugar filled donut, this seems to be the perfect explanation for those who just say: fuck it, am hungry. This is what Athena Aktipis seems to be justifying in her research1 : that bacteria within in our gut– which outnumber our own cells about 100:1 – may very well be affecting both our cravings and moods to get us to eat what they want and thus making us fat. .
Different bacteria require different nutrients, some need sugar, others fat ( 90 % of the american diet ) “ Microbes have the capacity to manipulate behavior and mood through altering the neural signals in the vagus nerve, changing taste receptors, producing toxins to make us feel bad, and releasing chemical rewards to make us feel good “ Mrs Athena Aktipis, PhD, who is co-founder of the Center for Evolution and Cancer with the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center at UCSF and currently in the Arizona State University Department of Psychology.
In mice, certain strains of bacteria increase anxious behavior. One clinical trial in humans found that drinking a probiotic containing Lactobacillus casei improved mood in those who were feeling the lowest2.
“Targeting the microbiome could open up possibilities for preventing a variety of disease from obesity and diabetes to cancers of the gastrointestinal tract. We are only beginning to scratch the surface of the importance of the microbiome for human health,” Aktipis said.
Ticks make you vegetarian.
Seems is bug week at jay’s ideas, there seems to be a connection between the bite of ticks and the suddenly development of red meat allergy, this is what A few years ago, Dr. Thomas Platts-Mills, the director of the University of Virginia School of Medicine’s allergy division had in mind while conducted an informal experiment spending five hours hiking and bushwhacking in the Blue Ridge Mountains, near his home in Charlottesville, Virginia. Ticks carry the pathogens that cause several diseases: Rocky Mountain spotted fever; Southern tick-associated rash illness, which manifests in Lyme-like symptoms; and ehrlichiosis, a cluster of related bacterial illnesses but Dr Platts-Mills believed that they can create another problem: Meat Allergy and he did develop meat allergy after.
Human; behold my greatest power that is your worst nightmare: I can turn you in mother-fucking-vegetarian! hahahahahaha! ( evil laugh)
You can find his very interesting interview and findings right here3.
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Don't believe everything you read in the web, therefore I present to you the Sources:
1. www.ucsf.edu/news/2014/08/116526/do-gut-bacteria-rule-our-minds/
2. http://www.nutraingredients.com/Research/Probiotics-may-ease-anxiety-Pilot-study
3. http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/can-ticks-make-you-allergic-to-red-meat/
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