Re: (unknown)New NAP Products

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Check out ' new article. New product, Tranquility? coming

out with GABA, chamomile, etc. will also be helpful for sleep

issues. My doctor gave me high doses of GABA for a month, kind of a

shock therapy, but then 5-HTP. He said I might need GABA from time

to time. Three interesting products described in his article, no

release date though.

Found my book last night. Some of the Pamela Peeke info may be of

interest. Our after forty fat just looks more like male fat, more

intraabdominal. She says the stress hormones were designed for short

term physical stress. The Fight or Flight response has turned into

more of a Stew and Chew response. In stress overeaters more cortisol

than adrenaline produced. We don't get the adrenaline rush to

energize us and make us want to exercise, but we get the cortisol

message meant to make us eat to replenish fuel burned during fight or

flight. She studied Cushings patients to understand what Cortisol

was doing. What we have today is chronic stress rather than acute

stress. We just don't have the biochemistry to handle that.

Exercise is the prescription, non-negotiable in her terms.

> Thanks Cheryl,

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> I looked online and my local library has the Fight Fat After Forty

book. I

> was going to go to the library tomorrow and get another book anyway

so I

> will pick that up while I am there and at least skim through it to

see if

> there is anything applicable and useful for me (male over 40).

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> I usually keep some 5-HTP around the house in case I start waking

up in the

> middle of the night. I am out right now. I had run out of

glutamine, but

> have gotten restocked and have started taking it at bedtime, and

before and

> after intense exercise.

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> Don

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> I haven't. I'm assuming since it was specifically noted for A's,

> it's not so important for O's. I need to look at the Fight Fat

After

> Forty book (Pamela Peeke). It has the discussion about the

cortisol

> cycle and timing of starches. She also recommends no starch

after 5

> pm and 65% of calories before 5 pm mainly to avoid excess fat

> storage. Excellent discussion of exercise and people with

cortisol

> vs. adrenaline issues. The book is intended for women, so don't

know

> how well it would apply to men. I use glutamine and 5-HTP to deal

> with the serotonin issue rather than evening carbs. Right now I'm

on

> the low carb at night side of the fence with Irene.

> Cheryl

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