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If I want psychoactive chemicals in my beverage, I'll get them from coffee, not tap water, thanks very much.
by dfranke 17y ago
If I want psychoactive chemicals in my beverage, I'll get them from coffee, not tap water, thanks very much.
- radu_floricica 17y agoLots of mood changes are due to a _lack_ of minerals in food. I had a pretty bad bout of feeling tired in high school, and it turned out to be at least in part lack of Calcium.
- Confusion 17y agoThere are already, and there have always been, many psychoactive chemicals in any food or drink.
- CalmQuiet 17y agoThe BBC report mentions studies with similar results in 1980s. I remember them from my grad school days in 1970s. However... note that these are epidemiological studies, and demonstrated (as I recall) that bipolar (aka manic-depressive) depressive illness is lower in areas of U.S. with higher natural lithium. Even if it could be demonstrated that lithium-ingestion in water did reduce incidence of bipolar illness, this would not be expected to improve depression among those with the more common, uni-polar depression:: There has never been evidence that lithium is a "mood enhancer" or "psychoactive" - only that deficiencies of lithium may bring out or aggravate latent bipolar depressive illness. — A (non-clinical) psychology Ph.D.