Posted by SLS on December 21, 2012, at 19:59:06
In reply to Re: High fat diet -) inflammation -) depression » SLS, posted by Trotter on December 21, 2012, at 13:29:52
> Hmm...
>
> You may well be right that chronic stress causes depression.Perhaps in some cases.
> However I think I have produced compelling evidence that inflammation causes depression.
Perhaps in some cases.
> And back to the topic of this thread I believe that I have presented strong evidence that a high fat diet causes inflammation and this inflammation causes depression.
Perhaps in some cases.
As you have noted:
> "There are probably lots of things that can cause depression. After all, depression is only a collection of symptoms"
I don't dispute here that there are depressions that are the result of inflammation. However, I have a problem with any statement that suggests that all depressions are caused by inflammation.
A sick organ tells the immune system to come to the rescue (via cytokines, etc.). Why would the brain be such an exception? Only here, the sickness is MDD or BD.
I am not yet compelled by the work of the authors you have so far presented. Perhaps I will change my mind, but I would really need to see a diagram or model of a hypothetical cascade of biological events from start to finish that begins with inflammation and leads to MDD or BD.
- Scott
Some see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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