Parasites increase dopamine and seratonin production

[LNN]

If this is so obvious in certain realms of research, why is it so hard for mainstream docs to believe that a bacteria (strep/lyme) can alter our minds?

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/11/science/parasites-use-sophisticated-biochemistry-to-take-over-their-hosts.html?pagewanted=1&_r=0

[smartyjones]

i know not so much your point, LLM, but I'm not buyin' the 'need not worry' bit. . .i don't know the answer -- i don't think it's to eat no fruits and veggies. . . but seriously -- one serving of cabbage = 1 million viruses!!!!! perhaps that particular one may not be troublesome to humans. . . but just goes to show -- what else may be in that serving of cabbage. . . and who's to say in x number of years, we won't realize baculoviruses actually do cause trouble, even if to only a certain population like those with compromised immune systems or other infections.

i'm thinking more of the person who recently wrote that she regularly de-worms her animals, why isn't she doing that for her kids also. ... sounds crazy but actually makes sense to me!!

 

Such is the case with the baculovirus, a virus sprinkled liberally on leaves in forests and gardens. (The cabbage in a serving of coleslaw carries 100 million baculoviruses.)

 

Human diners need not worry, because the virus is harmful only to caterpillars of insect species, like gypsy moths.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[norcalmom]

Freaky. But you are right. There is SUCH a huge gap between research, and facts found in nature and what doctors are willing to "believe". The Medical system is backwards thinking.