The Evolutionary Origins of Psychedelics
Humans rely on a bevy of strange natural chemicals to liven up our food and drink, to endure pain, and to change our perspective. We use caffeine from coffee, tea, and yerba mate to stimulate our bodies and minds, capsaicin from red pepper flakes or isothiocyanates in horseradish or wasabi to enliven our food with spice, and codeine or morphine to endure the pain of injuries and surgeries.
Lately, though, some have also turned to psychedelics like psilocybin to change their perspectives. In fact, researchers are beginning to test if they could serve as new treatments for mental health disorders.
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Source: TIME: Health - November 29, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Noah Whiteman Tags: Uncategorized freelance Source Type: news
JPMorgan boss Jamie Dimon says the US is addicted to debt, and it's created a dangerous sugar high in the economy
None America's debt problem has caused a dangerous sugar high for the economy, Jamie Dimon said. • None The JPMorgan chief pointed to the enormous surge of new debt taken on during the pandemic. • None That money propped up the economy, but was like "heroin" in the hands of consumers, he said. The…#jamiedimon #jpmorgan #federalreserve #telegraph #dimon (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 29, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Counterfeit Ozempic Likely Caused 11 Cases Of Hypoglycemia In Lebanon
Eleven people in Lebanon reported dangerously low blood sugar, including one person who was hospitalized, after taking what public health officials determined was a suspected counterfeit version of popular weight loss drug Ozempic. A total of eleven people in Lebanon reported experiencing…#lebanon #ozempic #novonordisk #ozempicandwegovy #middleeast #counterfeitozempic #nigeria #healthcare #fda (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
How Sugar Fuels Cancer In The Body
Authored by Flora Zhao via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), You may have heard that sugar can feed cancer cells. Is that true? (Illustration by The Epoch Times, Shutterstock) Sugars ‘Nourish’ Cancer Cells For cancer patients, “sugar intake can indeed nourish…#florazhao #epochtimes #shutterstock #mingyangsong #plosone #spanish #clinicalnutrition #lewiscantley #harvardmedicalschool #taiwan (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
How Drake and 21 Savage Found the ‘Perfect Beat’ for ‘Rich Flex’
Michael “Finatik” Mule and Isaac “Zac” De Boni, better known as the production duo FnZ, were scouring YouTube for fresh sounds when a clip from the obscure ’70s horror movie “Invasion of the Bee Girls” caught their attention. They turned a portion of the soundtrack into a spooky sample, which…#michaelfinatikmule #isaaczacdeboni #fnz #invasionofbeegirls #drake #richflex #varietys2023 #australian #sugar #iwantyougirl (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
New research finds that ultra-processed foods taste no better than less processed foods
New research that compared the taste perception of less processed foods with ultra-processed foods (UPFs), found participants viewed UPFs no more pleasant tasting than less processed foods. The University of Bristol-led findings, published in the journal Appetite today [27 November], supports the theory that humans are programmed to learn to like foods with more equal amounts of carbohydrate and fat. Carbohydrate (including sugars) and fat provide most of the calories in human diets. (Source: University of Bristol news)
Source: University of Bristol news - November 27, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Health, Research; Faculty of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School; Press Release Source Type: news
REVEALED: The calories in your favourite festive tipples
It's easy to forget about the calories an sugar in Christmas alcoholic drinks says London based nutritionist Kim Pearson. Drinking a mulled wine and an eggnog is more than 500 calories. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Revolutionary computer program could detect risk of heart attack or stroke in type 2 diabetes patients by analysing blood sugar levels
The SCORE2 software pinpoints diabetes patients who are most at risk of developing serious cardiac complications by assessing blood sugar levels. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
‘Lessons in Chemistry’ Star Aja Naomi King on Telling the Story of L.A.’s Sugar Hill Neighborhood
In Bonnie Garmus’ novel Lessons in Chemistry, the character of Harriet Sloane is a middle-aged white woman with adult children who befriends her neighbor, the book’s protagonist, Elizabeth Zott, becoming a support system for the chemist as she navigates new motherhood as a single parent. In the…#bonniegarmus #lessonsinchemistry #harrietsloane #elizabethzott #apple #brielarson #ajanaomiking #zott #calvinevans #lewispullman (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
'I'm a doctor - here are five foods that aren't healthy despite what people think'
A doctor has revealed on TikTok a list of foods we should avoid due to their ability to spike blood sugar. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - November 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Rogers Sugar asks for mediation to help bring end to refinery strike
Rogers Sugar Inc. RSI-DB-E-T says it has asked for mediation to help bring an end to an eight-week long strike at its Vancouver refinery. The company says it has applied to the British Columbia Labour Relations Board for mediation to help it reach a new collective agreement with the 138 workers…#rogerssugarinc #rogerssugar #westerncanada #westerncanadian (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 24, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Feeling full? Researchers pinpoint neurons that prevent eating too much, too
As millions in the United States settle down to Thanksgiving dinner this week, few will be pondering a major question in neuroscience: Why, when so much of life across the animal kingdom revolves around finding and consuming food, do we ever
stop
eating?
Scientists have identified brain regions and even specific cells involved in terminating meals. But exactly how this process is coordinated remains murky. Now, using brain recordings from mice tucking into food, researchers have for the first time identified how specific neurons in a region called the caudal nucleus of the solitary tract (cNTS) switch on du...
Source: ScienceNOW - November 22, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
Dentists should check patients' weight and blood pressure during check-ups, public health experts say
Routine appointments should include BMI, waist circumference, cholesterol, blood sugar and blood pressure checks, it is argued, to identify middle-aged people at risk of health problems. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Sugar prices are rising worldwide after bad weather tied to El Nino damaged crops in Asia
Sugar prices are soaring in many places. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
'I’m a doctor - here’s a powerful ingredient that can burn fat and boost your metabolism'
A study of more than 100 people found this ingredient promoted weight loss and improved blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar levels. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - November 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
