Stress hormones in our diet may be a missing link between food and wellness
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Re: Stress hormones in our diet may be a missing link between food and wellness
#2I believe it!
Re: Stress hormones in our diet may be a missing link between food and wellness
#3I'm reminded of the whole dietary cholesterol fiasco. After that, I'm inclined to assume most things are metabolized. And foo molecule food in foo molecule in blood.
If our ancestors got our meet from hunting, surely those animals for full of cortisol, unless a lifetime of chronic stress in a disgustingly cramped creates more stress hormones.
Re: Stress hormones in our diet may be a missing link between food and wellness
#4I'm reminded of the whole dietary cholesterol fiasco. After that, I'm inclined to assume most things are metabolized. And foo molecule food in foo molecule in blood. If our ancestors got our meet from hunting, surely those animals for full of cortisol, unless a lifetime of chronic stress in a disgustingly cramped creates more stress hormones.
That's my sort of assumption as well, but the article seems to indicate otherwise.
> A recent study of piglets published in the Journal of Animal Science by Purdue University scientist Elizabeth Petrosus found that when pigs are fed stress hormones such as cortisol or norepinephrine, their blood levels of these hormones spike, body temperatures rise and gut biomes shift.
I'm not saying I believe it, but that's the argument they are making. Now does that mean that eating stressed plants cause similar results for our stress levels? I doubt it.
Re: Stress hormones in our diet may be a missing link between food and wellness
#5> In plants, the predominant stress hormone is ethylene.
Wikipedia: "During the life of the plant, ethylene production is induced during certain stages of growth such as germination, ripening of fruits, abscission of leaves, and senescence of flowers." Ethylene the main way to ripen fruits, on the vine or after-the-fact.
> ethylene, a plant stress hormone known to trigger stress responses in microbiomes, including in species such as proteobacteria that are present in human gut biomes
The italics section is linked[0] in the article, but the link has no mention of the word "ethylene". I don't see anywhere they say that the human gut microbiome is "stressed" by ethylene.
As for the animal meat stress:
> The same pig study found that, due to negative feedback loops, the pigs eventually exhibited abnormally low blood levels of cortisol and norepinephrine due to overcorrection by the body.
This sounds like eating stress hormones produces less stress in the body, not more. They then use this as further evidence of their position, somehow.
[0]: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S000989811...
Re: Stress hormones in our diet may be a missing link between food and wellness
#6There are some interesting ideas in this article, but it's nearly all speculation.
Re: Stress hormones in our diet may be a missing link between food and wellness
#7I'm reminded of the whole dietary cholesterol fiasco. After that, I'm inclined to assume most things are metabolized. And foo molecule food in foo molecule in blood. If our ancestors got our meet from hunting, surely those animals for full of cortisol, unless a lifetime of chronic stress in a disgustingly cramped creates more stress hormones.
That's my sort of assumption as well, but the article seems to indicate otherwise. > A recent study of piglets published in the Journal of Animal Science by Purdue University scientist Elizabeth Petrosus found that when pigs are fed stress hormones such as cortisol or norepinephrine, their blood levels of these hormones spike, body temperatures rise and gut biomes shift. I'm not saying I believe it, but that's the ar…
Yeah, the whole article is based around that one study of piglets. It seems like a lot of conclusions to draw from one data point in general, especially since there are often differences in animal/human studies that can lead to incorrect conclusions.
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#8Apparently, my initial response below was too terse and insensitive - though it may be how I really feel after reading that.
It seems unscientific to me, its an opinion piece pitched as common sense. And its coming from someone that is looking to 'transform the way you think'. The approach strikes me as offensive.
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Re: Stress hormones in our diet may be a missing link between food and wellness
#9> In plants, the predominant stress hormone is ethylene. Wikipedia: "During the life of the plant, ethylene production is induced during certain stages of growth such as germination, ripening of fruits, abscission of leaves, and senescence of flowers." Ethylene the main way to ripen fruits, on the vine or after-the-fact. > ethylene, a plant stress hormone known to trigger stress responses in microbiomes, including in…
Wait... doesn't low blood levels of cortisol also indicates that the body doesn't react to stress like it should ? Like in the Selye model, when the body just gives up and doesn't react anymore (but still suffers the consequences: high blood pressure, muscular stress, etc.).
Re: Stress hormones in our diet may be a missing link between food and wellness
#10There are some interesting ideas in this article, but it's nearly all speculation.
This definitely fits the organic / free-range narrative (ie happy cows make better milk/meat). So regardless of veracity, it will likely be a popular idea.