tantric
Bluelighter
- Joined
- Jan 2, 2004
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dopamine:
PEA:
amphetamine:
if you try to take dopamine directly, it can't cross the blood brain barrier. PEA is inactive. the next best thing is amphetamine - am i the only one who sees amp as orally available dopamine? the link between pleasure and appetite.....
sociobiology attempts to explain human traits in an evolutionary context. i believe the addictive mechanism evolved to encourage organisms to eat lots of certain types of foods. y'all know that there are only a limited few types of tastebuds, salty, sweet, umami, etc....so how does cheese taste 'good'? good taste is in your brain. in the evolutionary past, it wasn't enough to eat only what you need. organisms that ate more than they needed, fats and proteins, could survive famines better. food is the basal addiction.
my (chaotic evil) sister is in the hospital, having her intestines removed bit by bit. when they put her on intravenous feeding only, she went into withdrawal. fact: you can be perfectly healthy living off juice and only juice for weeks. sugar is what your body runs on. it will be a long time before you actually need protein, etc. can you do that? would you go into food withdrawal?
now, the power question - is it possible to cure basal food addiction? what would that *mean*? if i'm right, 99.9999% of humanity are full on junkies - doesn't that explain much of our civilization? you know of addictive transferal - it really doesn't matter how you get your dopamine. what would a civilization of non-addicts be like? is that even possible?
PEA:
amphetamine:
if you try to take dopamine directly, it can't cross the blood brain barrier. PEA is inactive. the next best thing is amphetamine - am i the only one who sees amp as orally available dopamine? the link between pleasure and appetite.....
sociobiology attempts to explain human traits in an evolutionary context. i believe the addictive mechanism evolved to encourage organisms to eat lots of certain types of foods. y'all know that there are only a limited few types of tastebuds, salty, sweet, umami, etc....so how does cheese taste 'good'? good taste is in your brain. in the evolutionary past, it wasn't enough to eat only what you need. organisms that ate more than they needed, fats and proteins, could survive famines better. food is the basal addiction.
my (chaotic evil) sister is in the hospital, having her intestines removed bit by bit. when they put her on intravenous feeding only, she went into withdrawal. fact: you can be perfectly healthy living off juice and only juice for weeks. sugar is what your body runs on. it will be a long time before you actually need protein, etc. can you do that? would you go into food withdrawal?
now, the power question - is it possible to cure basal food addiction? what would that *mean*? if i'm right, 99.9999% of humanity are full on junkies - doesn't that explain much of our civilization? you know of addictive transferal - it really doesn't matter how you get your dopamine. what would a civilization of non-addicts be like? is that even possible?
