Exercise Induced Stress

Mar 1, 2012 // by Team FPS // asthma, athletes, blood, clotting, cytokines, DNA, exercise, fatty acids, General, glucose, glycogen, IL-6, interleukin, prolactin, PUFA, randle cycle, serotonin, stress, tryptophan, viscosity // Comments Off

Clin J Sport Med. 2001 Jan;11(1):38-43. The acute phase response and exercise: the ultramarathon as prototype exercise. Fallon KE. OBJECTIVE: Controversy exists in relation to the nature of the acute phase response, which is known to occur following endurance exercise. This study was conducted to demonstrate the similarities between this response and the response consequent [...]

Estrogen and PCOS

Feb 18, 2012 // by Team FPS // androgen, cortisol, DHEA, estradiol, estrogen, estrone, General, insulin, insulin resistance, PCOS, polycystic, progesterone, prolactin, stress, sympathetic // Comments Off

Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1993 Nov;169(5):1223-6. Excessive estradiol secretion in polycystic ovarian disease. Benjamin F, Toles AW, Seltzer VL, Deutsch S. Polycystic ovarian disease is both a hyperestrogenic and a hyperandrogenic syndrome, and all studies have shown that hyperestrogenemia is the result of an elevation of estrone with plasma estradiol levels in the normal follicular [...]

Whey, Trytophan, & Serotonin

Feb 1, 2012 // by Team FPS // Alpha lactalbumin, brain, depression, gelatin, General, insomnia, metabolism, pituitary, prolactin, PUFA, Ray Peat, serotonin, sleep, SSRI, thyroid, trytophan // Comments Off

Am J Clin Nutr. 2000 Jun;71(6):1536-44. The bovine protein alpha-lactalbumin increases the plasma ratio of tryptophan to the other large neutral amino acids, and in vulnerable subjects raises brain serotonin activity, reduces cortisol concentration, and improves mood under stress. Markus CR, Olivier B, Panhuysen GE, Van Der Gugten J, Alles MS, Tuiten A, Westenberg HG, [...]