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Friday, April 29, 2011

Anorexia and Season of Birth

Quick post tonight.  I have been at a conference all day (and will be there all day tomorrow), and I'm swimming in a bit of information overload....
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Thursday, April 28, 2011

Standing on the Sun Will Not Prevent Depression

Vitamin D. What a roller coaster. There's the Vitamin D Council telling you to aim for a level of 60-80 ng/ml, and then the Institutes of Medicine rather...
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Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Diet and Violence

Paul Whiteley*, I believe, originally posted to the comments concerning some very interesting studies on diets and violence. Over the past 10 years,...
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Monday, April 25, 2011

A Summary of Endocannabinoids and Obesity

In my last post on endocannabinoids, I was trying to do a little too much with too little time, and I don't think the science came out too clearly.  Today...
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Friday, April 22, 2011

Three Autism Posts at Psychology Today

Photo CreditDiet and AutismDiet and Autism - Newer Studies and Intriguing LinksAutism - Inflammation, Speculation, and Nutrit...
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Thursday, April 21, 2011

An Introduction: More on Endocannabinoids *cough* With a Focus on Obesity Regulation

I'm very tempted to link a Pink Floyd song here. But, truth be told, that was a little before my time. Instead we'll do some more Metric (right click...
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Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Odds and Ends and the Donate Button

I've gone on a little endocannabinoid paper feast so I should have some more entries about that up soon.  Very interesting stuff, very complicated...
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Monday, April 18, 2011

Omega 3s, Mice, and Receptors for Funny Cigarettes

Jamie (who has a fabulous post up now about Survival of the Fittest) sent me a link to a new paper this morning.  Or possibly last night.  The...
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Updated "Your Brain on Ketones" for Psychology Today

Here it is, my most popular post at the new site with a new introduction for those not familiar with the concept of physiologic ketosis: ...
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Friday, April 15, 2011

Binge Eating and the Sugar Fat Showdown

As so often happens when one takes a closer look at references from one paper or another, one will find a paper far superior to the first. The glass...
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Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Other Posts Everywhere

I have another longer look at sugar, vegetable oils, binge eating, addiction, and the brain coming up (chased down some of the references from the papers...
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Saturday, April 9, 2011

A Small Post On The Neurobiology of Binge Eating Disorders

Indulge me for a moment. Here is one of my favorite pieces of music: Chopin's Etude No. 3 in E major. (right click to open in new window). The best...
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Friday, April 8, 2011

Eating Disorders, Obesity and Addiction

I've been meaning to do more on eating disorders for a while, but I find the research frustrating.  As do eating disorder researchers - see, within...
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Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Zombieland 2

Go forth and prosper, new Psychology Today post!Zombieland 2 - Early Mother's Day Edit...
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Saturday, April 2, 2011

Spring Fever

Updated Zombieland for Psychology Today - go over there and take a look, will you?  I know I should have waited for the week day, but I have Zombieland...
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Friday, April 1, 2011

That O6/O3 Ratio, Still Important

Oof.  I'm tired.  Oldest child has a spiky fever of unknown origin (FUO in the medical speak) and youngest child is nearly two and tiring by...
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