[Research] anandamide and possible end to "idiopathic"

[droolmonster]

http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/bsc/epi/2010/00000051/00000005/art00006


I may have messed up the linking. Anyway, this says that people with TLE have less anandamide in their cerebral spinal fluid. It was a study seeing if an impairment in the endocannabinoid system is involved in the pathogenesis of seizures. The word anandamide was taken from a sanskrit word that means eternal bliss or something similar, so if I don't have enough bliss in my back, I'm kind of worried. It makes sense though, I always had the feeling I didn't have enough bliss.

In a couple more years, maybe I can stop being idiopathic. Maybe scientists will figure out what the problem is, and doctors can stop saying they don't know. They'll be happy about that.

 

[Nakamova]

Yeah, anandamide is interesting stuff. Some studies suggest that a high fat diet (perhaps like the ketogenic diet) increases levels of anandamide in the body. And acetaminophen boosts it as well. But I'm going to hold off on the Bacon-And-Tylenol diet for the time being...