huge topic:Americans keep getting fatter

[ocrenter]

[quote=jpinpb]

I’m sure there must be some study out there on this, whether certain foods raise serotonin levels. I bet eating an apple or an apricot won’t do it, but chocolate cake would.

I mean, certain food are comforting, right? I can understand if there’s a chemical reaction when eating certain foods that cause people to be happy and they don’t care about their weight, b/c, well, they’re happy.[/quote]

it is well known that fat and carbs drive up the serotonin level in the system rapidly.

of course, that increase is very short lived and the level falls quickly as well. this means instead of a cookie, you got to go for the second. but after the second, you need to go for the third… so on and so forth…

this is the same pattern that leads to narcotic addiction. The high created by the narcs are very short lived, the low then create the need to seek out more narcs to get back to the high. this is why sugar and fat are so addictive.

except instead of narcotics, sugar and fat are cheap, they are everywhere, and they are offered with a smile and often with a toy to children everywhere.

[jpinpb]

ocr – in effect, then, we can say Americans are getting fatter b/c they lack happiness and are seeking it through sugar and fat which are cheap, legal and readily available.

So maybe the solution would be to not only target diet and exercise, but to find other safer sources of happiness.

That will be a tricky one b/c the “happiness” derived from eating is the temporary rise in serotonin.

Are there other things that can raise serotonin that are safe? Music? Jogging? Bicycling? Hiking?

Here’s one for TG. Sex?

What are some things that people can engage in that will raise serotonin that are healthy?

[jpinpb]

ocr – in effect, then, we can say Americans are getting fatter b/c they lack happiness and are seeking it through sugar and fat which are cheap, legal and readily available.

So maybe the solution would be to not only target diet and exercise, but to find other safer sources of happiness.

That will be a tricky one b/c the “happiness” derived from eating is the temporary rise in serotonin.

Are there other things that can raise serotonin that are safe? Music? Jogging? Bicycling? Hiking?

Here’s one for TG. Sex?

What are some things that people can engage in that will raise serotonin that are healthy?

[jpinpb]

ocr – in effect, then, we can say Americans are getting fatter b/c they lack happiness and are seeking it through sugar and fat which are cheap, legal and readily available.

So maybe the solution would be to not only target diet and exercise, but to find other safer sources of happiness.

That will be a tricky one b/c the “happiness” derived from eating is the temporary rise in serotonin.

Are there other things that can raise serotonin that are safe? Music? Jogging? Bicycling? Hiking?

Here’s one for TG. Sex?

What are some things that people can engage in that will raise serotonin that are healthy?

[jpinpb]

ocr – in effect, then, we can say Americans are getting fatter b/c they lack happiness and are seeking it through sugar and fat which are cheap, legal and readily available.

So maybe the solution would be to not only target diet and exercise, but to find other safer sources of happiness.

That will be a tricky one b/c the “happiness” derived from eating is the temporary rise in serotonin.

Are there other things that can raise serotonin that are safe? Music? Jogging? Bicycling? Hiking?

Here’s one for TG. Sex?

What are some things that people can engage in that will raise serotonin that are healthy?

[jpinpb]

ocr – in effect, then, we can say Americans are getting fatter b/c they lack happiness and are seeking it through sugar and fat which are cheap, legal and readily available.

So maybe the solution would be to not only target diet and exercise, but to find other safer sources of happiness.

That will be a tricky one b/c the “happiness” derived from eating is the temporary rise in serotonin.

Are there other things that can raise serotonin that are safe? Music? Jogging? Bicycling? Hiking?

Here’s one for TG. Sex?

What are some things that people can engage in that will raise serotonin that are healthy?

[UCGal]

[quote=jpinpb]ocr – in effect, then, we can say Americans are getting fatter b/c they lack happiness and are seeking it through sugar and fat which are cheap, legal and readily available.

So maybe the solution would be to not only target diet and exercise, but to find other safer sources of happiness.

That will be a tricky one b/c the “happiness” derived from eating is the temporary rise in serotonin.

Are there other things that can raise serotonin that are safe? Music? Jogging? Bicycling? Hiking?

Here’s one for TG. Sex?

What are some things that people can engage in that will raise serotonin that are healthy?[/quote]

Prozac for the masses. It’s an SRI – my (potentially wrong) understanding of it is that Prozac and other SRI’s prevent the re absorption of Serotonin… so you have it in your brain longer. But I could be way off base on that.

[UCGal]

[quote=jpinpb]ocr – in effect, then, we can say Americans are getting fatter b/c they lack happiness and are seeking it through sugar and fat which are cheap, legal and readily available.

So maybe the solution would be to not only target diet and exercise, but to find other safer sources of happiness.

That will be a tricky one b/c the “happiness” derived from eating is the temporary rise in serotonin.

Are there other things that can raise serotonin that are safe? Music? Jogging? Bicycling? Hiking?

Here’s one for TG. Sex?

What are some things that people can engage in that will raise serotonin that are healthy?[/quote]

Prozac for the masses. It’s an SRI – my (potentially wrong) understanding of it is that Prozac and other SRI’s prevent the re absorption of Serotonin… so you have it in your brain longer. But I could be way off base on that.

[UCGal]

[quote=jpinpb]ocr – in effect, then, we can say Americans are getting fatter b/c they lack happiness and are seeking it through sugar and fat which are cheap, legal and readily available.

So maybe the solution would be to not only target diet and exercise, but to find other safer sources of happiness.

That will be a tricky one b/c the “happiness” derived from eating is the temporary rise in serotonin.

Are there other things that can raise serotonin that are safe? Music? Jogging? Bicycling? Hiking?

Here’s one for TG. Sex?

What are some things that people can engage in that will raise serotonin that are healthy?[/quote]

Prozac for the masses. It’s an SRI – my (potentially wrong) understanding of it is that Prozac and other SRI’s prevent the re absorption of Serotonin… so you have it in your brain longer. But I could be way off base on that.

[UCGal]

[quote=jpinpb]ocr – in effect, then, we can say Americans are getting fatter b/c they lack happiness and are seeking it through sugar and fat which are cheap, legal and readily available.

So maybe the solution would be to not only target diet and exercise, but to find other safer sources of happiness.

That will be a tricky one b/c the “happiness” derived from eating is the temporary rise in serotonin.

Are there other things that can raise serotonin that are safe? Music? Jogging? Bicycling? Hiking?

Here’s one for TG. Sex?

What are some things that people can engage in that will raise serotonin that are healthy?[/quote]

Prozac for the masses. It’s an SRI – my (potentially wrong) understanding of it is that Prozac and other SRI’s prevent the re absorption of Serotonin… so you have it in your brain longer. But I could be way off base on that.

[UCGal]

[quote=jpinpb]ocr – in effect, then, we can say Americans are getting fatter b/c they lack happiness and are seeking it through sugar and fat which are cheap, legal and readily available.

So maybe the solution would be to not only target diet and exercise, but to find other safer sources of happiness.

That will be a tricky one b/c the “happiness” derived from eating is the temporary rise in serotonin.

Are there other things that can raise serotonin that are safe? Music? Jogging? Bicycling? Hiking?

Here’s one for TG. Sex?

What are some things that people can engage in that will raise serotonin that are healthy?[/quote]

Prozac for the masses. It’s an SRI – my (potentially wrong) understanding of it is that Prozac and other SRI’s prevent the re absorption of Serotonin… so you have it in your brain longer. But I could be way off base on that.

[jpinpb]

[quote=UCGal]
Prozac for the masses. It’s an SRI – my (potentially wrong) understanding of it is that Prozac and other SRI’s prevent the re absorption of Serotonin… so you have it in your brain longer. But I could be way off base on that.[/quote]

So for the theory to be right, any studies out there that show people on Prozac are thinner than people who are not?

I personally don’t like taking drugs, so I’ll just have to deal w/my serotonin not rising. Maybe watch more comedies 😉

[jpinpb]

[quote=UCGal]
Prozac for the masses. It’s an SRI – my (potentially wrong) understanding of it is that Prozac and other SRI’s prevent the re absorption of Serotonin… so you have it in your brain longer. But I could be way off base on that.[/quote]

So for the theory to be right, any studies out there that show people on Prozac are thinner than people who are not?

I personally don’t like taking drugs, so I’ll just have to deal w/my serotonin not rising. Maybe watch more comedies 😉

[jpinpb]

[quote=UCGal]
Prozac for the masses. It’s an SRI – my (potentially wrong) understanding of it is that Prozac and other SRI’s prevent the re absorption of Serotonin… so you have it in your brain longer. But I could be way off base on that.[/quote]

So for the theory to be right, any studies out there that show people on Prozac are thinner than people who are not?

I personally don’t like taking drugs, so I’ll just have to deal w/my serotonin not rising. Maybe watch more comedies 😉

[jpinpb]

[quote=UCGal]
Prozac for the masses. It’s an SRI – my (potentially wrong) understanding of it is that Prozac and other SRI’s prevent the re absorption of Serotonin… so you have it in your brain longer. But I could be way off base on that.[/quote]

So for the theory to be right, any studies out there that show people on Prozac are thinner than people who are not?

I personally don’t like taking drugs, so I’ll just have to deal w/my serotonin not rising. Maybe watch more comedies 😉

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