Make Good Nutrition Your Ambition
Lucille Ball wrote, "The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat your food slowly, and lie about your age." Although this is a joke, there is some truth to it. If you eat your food too fast, it may back up on you.
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This photo shows Linus Pauling. It is presented courtesy of the National Library of Medicine. Pauling created a storm of controversy in 1968 with a brilliant paper advocating the use of nutrition in mental health.
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GABA is a neurotransmitter made from an amino acid (glutamine). This clipart from Pharmacology Central shows that three amino acids contain a benzene ring. These three are called "aromatic amino acids". They include phenylalanine, tyrosine, and tryptophan. These three resemble the psychoactive drugs. This is not a coincidence. These amino acids are very important in the brain.
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Pauling was severely criticized for being in favor of vitamins, but there is evidence in favor of Pauling's point of view. Shown here is a child with malnutrition including rickets. Rickets is caused by a lack of vitamin D. This picture is shown courtesy of the National Library of Medicine.
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Cholesterol has been controversial. The body can make cholesterol from saturated fats. Cholesterol should be avoided in the diet to avoid heart disease and atherosclerosis. This is not a problem in babies, and that is fortunate because milk is a source of cholesterol. The older one gets, the more likely the person is to have a cholesterol problem. Plaque accumulates in the arteries. This poster is presented courtesy of the National Library of Medicine.
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These are foods on the Boston diet. This poster is presented courtesy of the National Library of Medicine. Fruits & vegetables contain no cholesterol. They are high in fiber.
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Amazingly, a great deal of information on nutrition is available on the website Pharmacology Central. This information is on a sophisticated level. The reason for this may be that Pharmacology Central recognizes that many drugs come from plants. Also, Pauling felt that large doses of plant substances (including niacin) can act like drugs. Large doses of niacin lower cholesterol. This clipart shows psychoactive drugs. I have included it here in order to compare the chemical structures with nutrients. The chemical structures of psychoactive drugs resemble certain amino acids.
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This 1833 drawing is presented courtesy of the National Library of Medicine. There is a tremendous controversy as to whether nutrition affects the brain. Dr. Richard Wurtman has edited many books demonstrating that it does. Wurtman is at MIT.
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High fiber foods are shown here courtesy of the National Library of Medicine. Fiber is an important part of the Boston diet, invented by this author (Olson). Too much fiber can result in a laxative effect.
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This molecule is ATP, which is vital as an energy storage device. It stores energy for the cell's reactions. In the normal situation ATP is made as a result of the breakdown of glucose. This clipart is from Molecule of the Month, a brilliant British website.
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Rats have been used as guinea pigs in many nutrition experiments as well as in pharmacology experiments. This photo is presented courtesy of the National Library of Medicine.
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