04-10-2012, 02:21 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-10-2012, 02:24 PM by Tenet Nosce.)
(04-10-2012, 03:02 AM)yossarian Wrote:(04-09-2012, 08:29 PM)3DMonkey Wrote:(04-09-2012, 08:05 PM)Gemini Wolf Wrote: I swear that sometimes I think I punish myself by eating meat. Today at an oriental restaurant I was about to order Tofu. But they didn't make it crispy like I like it, so I went for the meat. Knowing full well how it would make me feel and that I was ingesting all those fear hormones. I sometimes don't understand my psychology. I wasn't even craving it.
Okay, Mister, what in the world are fear hormones?
I think that is definitely in the head.
Cortisol and epinephrine
More accurately, these would be called stress hormones. Stress hormones perform many functions, some of which are critical to sustaining an incarnation.
Stress hormones are certainly produced in large amounts during fearful states, and in such cases are deleterious to the health and welfare of those entities incarnated in fearful bodies. However, prolonged exposure to stressful conditions eventually results in a reduction of stress hormone levels, through the process of biological adaptation.
(04-10-2012, 02:18 PM)Pablísimo Wrote: I bet some people think if Humanity as a whole stopped producing Reality TV we'd have a better world.
*raises hand* Yes! And while we're at it let's do away with competitive sports as well.
