Turkey Shortages, SSRI Induced Mass Shootings, Cancers, and Auto-Immune Diseases.
Anon thinks there's a link, but it may just be coincidence.
On Nov 5, 12:11 pm, Kofi <k…@anon.unwrote:
> As I've pointed out in some of my posts on viruses and autoimmune
> problems, viruses can try to downregulate the tryptophan-degrading
> enzyme IDO in order to escape its antiviral/antimicrobial effects. IDO
> is also important for protecting the body against attacks by its own
> immune system - hence you often see loss of IDO in autoimmune situations
> and certain infections (and this accounts for part of the reason one
> sees overlap between some infections and autoimmune issues like M.S. and
> concurrent viral infections).
>
> There are implications for basic patient behavior here. Excess
> tryptophan can block the actions of IDO so you may want to avoid
> consuming tryptophan-rich foods like turkey and outright tryptophan
> supplements (which, not so coincidentally I think, have been linked to
> isolated cases of rare and catastrophically fatal infections in the
> past).
>
> Unfortunately, tryptophan is tied in with serotonin metabolism which can
> and does affect mood. I think this may provide one avenue whereby some
> SSRIs have been associated with hair loss. A disturbance in hair
> follicle immune privilege could conceivably be at work there. Is anyone
> aware of literature linking SSRIs to tryptophan levels and autoimmune
> conditions?
https://groups.google.com/g/sci.med.nutrition/c/_dQhfOtzzx8